Turks and Caicos Islands · EDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands runs on UTC−4. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. Cockburn Town and New York currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Cockburn Town lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Cockburn Town and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Cockburn Town lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Cockburn Town and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Toronto, Caracas, Havana. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Cockburn Town.
Practical Info
Cockburn Town (Turks and Caicos Islands) is home to roughly 5K people. Today brings about 13.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 19:30. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 21° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
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Turks and Caicos Islands
Capital
Cockburn Town 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
EDT · America/Grand_Turk
Coordinates
21.46°N, 71.14°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
John Glenn's Friendship 7 capsule was recovered near Grand Turk in February 1962 after the first American orbital flight, and he spent his first hours back on Earth on the island.
The clock: Cockburn Town keeps UTC−5 and follows US daylight saving dates. Its salt pans worked from the 17th century until 1964.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap