What time is it in Haines City, Florida?
8:55:42 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
- 42,073
Daylight saving in Haines City
Haines City is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Haines City sits at 28.11°N, 81.62°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Haines City.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Haines City it is highest at 1:18 pm today — 78 minutes after clock noon.
At 81.6°W, Haines City sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Haines City today
- Sunrise
- 7:16 am
- Sunset
- 7:19 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 13 hours 56 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Haines City, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 34 minutes, from 13 hours 56 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 21 minutes in December.
At 28.1°N that puts Haines City between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.