Time in Columbia

Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC-5)

Current local time: 00:07

Next DST change: 2027-03-15 - UTC-4.

Current local time in Columbia: · 12 Nov 2026

Columbia time zone

Time zone
EST · UTC-5standard time

14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to EDT (UTC-4) - in 123 days

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Green shows daylight saving time. Dark marker: today.

United States has 8 distinct time zone rule groups. Columbia uses Eastern Standard Time.

  • EST · UTC-5New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and moreUses daylight saving time
  • CST · UTC-6Illinois, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and moreUses daylight saving time
  • MST · UTC-7Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah and moreUses daylight saving time
  • MST · UTC-7ArizonaNo daylight saving time
  • PST · UTC-8California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, IdahoUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-9 · UTC-9AlaskaUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-10 · UTC-10America/AdakUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-10 · UTC-10HawaiiNo daylight saving time

Zones with matching offsets and clock changes over the next year are grouped together.

Time difference from Columbia

Time difference
Current local times and work-hour overlap with Columbia
CityLocal timeDifferenceWorking hoursPlanner
London5 h aheadCompare Columbia and London
New YorkSame timeCompare Columbia and New York
Los Angeles-1 day3 h behindCompare Columbia and Los Angeles
Berlin6 h aheadCompare Columbia and Berlin
Dubai9 h aheadCompare Columbia and Dubai
New Delhi10 h 30 min aheadCompare Columbia and New Delhi
Singapore13 h aheadCompare Columbia and Singapore
Tokyo14 h aheadCompare Columbia and Tokyo
Sydney16 h aheadCompare Columbia and Sydney
Copenhagen6 h aheadCompare Columbia and Copenhagen

Sun in Columbia today

Daylight
06:4710h 8m16:55

10h 8m today - 4h 49m less than the longest day and 0h 43m more than the shortest day.

Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.

Public holidays in Maryland

Holidays

  1. Thanksgiving Day

    Thursday · in 14 days

    National

  2. Native American Heritage Day

    Friday · in 15 days

    MDlong weekend

  3. Christmas Day

    Friday · in 43 days

    Nationallong weekend

  4. New Year’s Day

    Friday · in 50 days

    Nationallong weekend

  5. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    Monday · in 67 days

    Nationallong weekend

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is Columbia in?
Columbia is in Eastern Standard Time (EST/EDT), America/New_York. Standard time is UTC-5.
02Does Columbia use daylight saving time?
Yes. Columbia changes between UTC-5 and UTC-4 during the year.
03What is the time difference between Columbia and UTC?
Columbia is UTC-5 in standard time and UTC-4 during daylight saving time.

Time zones: IANA via Intl. Holidays: date-holidays. Sun calculations: SunCalc. City data: GeoNames. Airport data: OurAirports.