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.