Local time · Inkster
What time is it in Inkster, Michigan?
4:49:50AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/Detroit
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 25,108
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Inkster
Inkster is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Inkster sits at 42.29°N, 83.32°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Inkster.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Inkster it is highest at 12:17 pm today — 17 minutes after clock noon.
At 83.3°W, Inkster sits 33 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 33 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Inkster today
- Sunrise
- 7:21 am
- Sunset
- 5:13 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 52 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 17 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 52 minutes in Inkster, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 12 minutes, from 15 hours 17 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 5 minutes in December.
At 42.3°N that puts Inkster between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.