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Local time · Knightdale

What time is it in Knightdale, North Carolina?

4:51:30AM

Friday, November 13, 2026Eastern Standard Time · UTC−5:00 · standard time
Time zone
EST
America/New_York
UTC offset
−5:00
Standard is −5:00
Daylight saving
Not in force
Starts Sun, Mar 14
Population
21,829
City proper

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Daylight saving in Knightdale

Knightdale is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.

Knightdale sits at 35.79°N, 78.50°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Knightdale.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Knightdale it is highest at 11:58 am today — 2 minutes before clock noon.

At 78.5°W, Knightdale sits 14 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 14 minutes after noon.

Daylight in Knightdale today

Sunrise
6:48 am
Sunset
5:08 pm
Day length
10 hours 20 minutes
Longest day
14 hours 35 minutes

Today runs 10 hours 20 minutes in Knightdale, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 51 minutes, from 14 hours 35 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 44 minutes in December.

At 35.8°N that puts Knightdale between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.

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