Local time · Schenectady
What time is it in Schenectady, New York?
4:50:03AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 69,495
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Schenectady
Schenectady is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Schenectady sits at 42.80°N, 73.93°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Schenectady.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Schenectady it is highest at 11:39 am today — 21 minutes before clock noon.
At 73.9°W, Schenectady sits almost exactly on Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the clock and the sun agree to within a few minutes.
Daylight in Schenectady today
- Sunrise
- 6:45 am
- Sunset
- 4:34 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 49 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 20 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 49 minutes in Schenectady, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 19 minutes, from 15 hours 20 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 1 minute in December.
At 42.8°N that puts Schenectady between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.