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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.