What time is it in Waldorf, Maryland?
8:55:05 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
- 81,410
Daylight saving in Waldorf
Waldorf is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Waldorf sits at 38.61°N, 76.92°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Waldorf.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Waldorf it is highest at 12:59 pm today — 59 minutes after clock noon.
At 76.9°W, Waldorf 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 Waldorf today
- Sunrise
- 6:58 am
- Sunset
- 7:00 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 52 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Waldorf, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 24 minutes, from 14 hours 52 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 28 minutes in December.
At 38.6°N that puts Waldorf between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.