What time is it in New Britain, Connecticut?
8:55:06 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.
- Time zone
- Eastern Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−4:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 75,871
Daylight saving in New Britain
New Britain is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
New Britain sits at 41.68°N, 72.79°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in New Britain.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over New Britain it is highest at 12:42 pm today — 42 minutes after clock noon.
At 72.8°W, New Britain sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in New Britain today
- Sunrise
- 6:42 am
- Sunset
- 6:43 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 12 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in New Britain, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 3 minutes, from 15 hours 12 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 9 minutes in December.
At 41.7°N that puts New Britain between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.