What time is it in West Hartford, Connecticut?
8:05:32 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
- 64,083
Daylight saving in West Hartford
West Hartford is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
West Hartford sits at 41.77°N, 72.75°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in West Hartford.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over West Hartford it is highest at 12:42 pm today — 42 minutes after clock noon.
At 72.8°W, West Hartford sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in West Hartford today
- Sunrise
- 6:41 am
- Sunset
- 6:43 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 13 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in West Hartford, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 5 minutes, from 15 hours 13 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 8 minutes in December.
At 41.8°N that puts West Hartford between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.