What time is it in Plainview, New York?
8:53:19 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
- 27,100
Daylight saving in Plainview
Plainview is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Plainview sits at 40.78°N, 73.47°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Plainview.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Plainview it is highest at 12:45 pm today — 45 minutes after clock noon.
At 73.5°W, Plainview sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Plainview today
- Sunrise
- 6:44 am
- Sunset
- 6:46 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 6 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Plainview, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 51 minutes, from 15 hours 6 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 15 minutes in December.
At 40.8°N that puts Plainview between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.