Time in Toronto
Toronto runs on America/Toronto, currently UTC-4 (EDT). Its clocks change 2 times in 2026.
Toronto, Canada
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- America/Toronto
- Abbreviation
- EDT
- Standard offset
- UTC-5
- Daylight offset
- UTC-4
- Country
- Canada (CA)
- Coordinates
- 43.65, -79.38
Daylight saving time
Clocks in Toronto change 2 times in 2026. The next changes:
- 2026-11-01 at 01:59Clocks go back 60 minutes (UTC-4 → UTC-5)
- 2027-03-14 at 01:59Clocks go forward 60 minutes (UTC-5 → UTC-4)
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 06:28
- Sunset
- 20:13
- Daylight
- 13 hours 45 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Toronto in?
- Toronto uses the America/Toronto time zone, currently UTC-4 (EDT). Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Toronto observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Toronto moves between UTC-5 in winter and UTC-4 in summer, changing 2 times in 2026.
- What is the difference between Toronto and UTC?
- UTC-4 as of the last rebuild. It swings between UTC-5 and UTC-4 across the year.
- When does the sun rise and set in Toronto?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 06:28 and sunset 20:13 local time, giving 13 hours 45 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.