What time is it in Carolina Forest, South Carolina?

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

Carolina Forest sits at 33.77°N, 78.91°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Carolina Forest.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Carolina Forest it is highest at 1:07 pm today — 67 minutes after clock noon.

At 78.9°W, Carolina Forest sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Carolina Forest, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 30 minutes, from 14 hours 24 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 54 minutes in December.

At 33.8°N that puts Carolina Forest between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.