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What time is it in Milton, Massachusetts?

8:53:12 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
28,630

Daylight saving in Milton

Milton is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Milton sits at 42.24°N, 71.08°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Milton.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Milton it is highest at 12:35 pm today — 35 minutes after clock noon.

At 71.1°W, Milton sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Daylight in Milton today

Sunrise
6:35 am
Sunset
6:36 pm
Day length
12 hours 1 minute
Longest day
15 hours 16 minutes

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Milton, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 11 minutes, from 15 hours 16 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 5 minutes in December.

At 42.2°N that puts Milton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.