United States · EDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Columbia, United States 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. Columbia 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 Columbia lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Columbia 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 Columbia lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Columbia 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 Columbia.
Practical Info
Columbia (United States) is home to roughly 140K people. Today brings about 14.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:12, sunset at 20:42. 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 34° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
United States
Capital
Washington, D.C.
Continent
North America
Time Zone
EDT · America/New_York
Coordinates
34.00°N, 81.03°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Imperial
Did You Know?
Columbia was laid out in 1786 as a planned capital on a two-mile square grid, one of the first such purpose-built state capitals in the United States. Sherman's army burned much of it in February 1865.
The clock: Columbia keeps Eastern Time. Its Riverbanks Zoo sits across two counties and a river.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap