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Time in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada now

04:39:05PM

Friday, March 6, 2026

Halifax switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 8. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:42AM ↓ 06:09PM (11h 26m) - More info - Make Halifax time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Halifax

UTC -4

Atlantic Time (AT)
now 1 hour ahead of New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -3 / Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT)
The time in Halifax is normally one hour ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Halifax can for a short while be two hours ahead of or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Halifax is America/Halifax.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -4 / Atlantic Standard Time (AST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -3 / Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Halifax

Los Angeles	−4 hours	−4 hours
Chicago	−2 hours	−2 hours
New York	−1 hours	−1 hours
Toronto	−1 hours	−1 hours
São Paulo	+1 hours
London	+4 hours
UTC	+4 hours
Lagos	+5 hours
Paris	+5 hours
Zurich	+5 hours
Cairo	+6 hours
Johannesburg	+6 hours
Istanbul	+7 hours
Moscow	+7 hours
Dubai	+8 hours
Mumbai	+9.5 hours
Hong Kong	+12 hours
Shanghai	+12 hours
Singapore	+12 hours
Tokyo	+13 hours
Sydney	+15 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Halifax

Sunrise: 06:42AM
Sunset: 06:09PM
Day length: 11h 26m
Solar noon: 12:25PM
The current local time in Halifax is 25 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Halifax on the map

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Latitude: 44.64. Longitude: -63.58
Population: 472,000

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