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What time is it in Florida?

3:27:41AM

Eastern Standard TimeUTC-5America/New_York

Florida observes Daylight Saving Time

Clocks go forward an hour on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November, so Florida is on Eastern Daylight Time in summer and Eastern Standard Time in winter.

Most of Florida is on Eastern Time. The western panhandle, west of the Apalachicola River, keeps Central Time — an hour behind Tallahassee.

When the clocks change — the next date, and every one to 2031.

Florida spans 2 zones

Florida cities on a different clock

Most of Florida keeps one zone, but 15 cities do not. Each has its own page, because the answer there is genuinely different — everywhere else in the state the clock is the one above.

Local time by city in Florida

Sunrise and sunset across Florida