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What time is it in Shelton, Connecticut?

8:04:55 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
42,805

Daylight saving in Shelton

Shelton is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Shelton sits at 41.30°N, 73.14°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Shelton.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Shelton it is highest at 12:44 pm today — 44 minutes after clock noon.

At 73.1°W, Shelton sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Daylight in Shelton today

Sunrise
6:43 am
Sunset
6:44 pm
Day length
12 hours 1 minute
Longest day
15 hours 10 minutes

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Shelton, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 58 minutes, from 15 hours 10 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 11 minutes in December.

At 41.3°N that puts Shelton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.