United States · EDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Hartford, 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. Hartford 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 Hartford lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Hartford 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 Hartford lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Hartford 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 Hartford.
Practical Info
Hartford (United States) is home to roughly 120K people. Today brings about 15.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:18, sunset at 20:30. 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 42° 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
41.76°N, 72.69°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Imperial
Did You Know?
Hartford has been the centre of American insurance since the 1810s, when the city's merchants began underwriting shipping and then fire risk. It wrote the first automobile policy in the United States, in 1898.
The clock: Hartford keeps Eastern Time. Mark Twain wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in a house here that he had built to look like a riverboat.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap