What time is it in Clinton, Maryland?
8:54:02 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
- 38,760
Daylight saving in Clinton
Clinton is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Clinton sits at 38.75°N, 76.90°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Clinton.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Clinton it is highest at 12:59 pm today — 59 minutes after clock noon.
At 76.9°W, Clinton 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 Clinton today
- Sunrise
- 6:58 am
- Sunset
- 7:00 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 53 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Clinton, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 26 minutes, from 14 hours 53 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 27 minutes in December.
At 38.8°N that puts Clinton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.