What time is it in Brockton, Massachusetts?
8:04:28 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
- 105,788
Daylight saving in Brockton
Brockton is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Brockton sits at 42.08°N, 71.02°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Brockton.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Brockton it is highest at 12:35 pm today — 35 minutes after clock noon.
At 71.0°W, Brockton sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Brockton today
- Sunrise
- 6:35 am
- Sunset
- 6:36 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 15 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Brockton, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 9 minutes, from 15 hours 15 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 6 minutes in December.
At 42.1°N that puts Brockton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.