Long Island City time zone
Time zone14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to EDT (UTC-4) - in 124 days
Green shows daylight saving time. Dark marker: today.
United States has 8 distinct time zone rule groups. Long Island City 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 Long Island City
Time differenceSun in Long Island City today
Daylight10h 3m today - 5h 3m less than the longest day and 0h 48m more than the shortest day.
Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.
About Long Island City
City facts- ⌖Region
- New York
- ◉Population
- 25,595
- ☎Dialing code
- ¤Currency
- USD · Dollar
Public holidays in New York
HolidaysVeterans Day
Wednesday · today
NationalThanksgiving Day
Thursday · in 15 days
NationalChristmas Day
Friday · in 44 days
Nationallong weekendNew Year’s Day
Friday · in 51 days
Nationallong weekendMartin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday · in 68 days
Nationallong weekend
Airports near Long Island City
Airports- LGA
↑ 7 km north-east
Same local time - TEB
↑ 15 km north-west
Same local time - JFK
↑ 18 km south-east
Same local time
Same time zone rules
Matching offsets and clock changes over the next year.
Same UTC offset right now
Limamatches until 14 Mar 2027 
Bogotámatches until 14 Mar 2027 
Quitomatches until 14 Mar 2027 Calimatches until 14 Mar 2027 Callaomatches until 14 Mar 2027
Chicago1150 km · 1 h behind - different daylight saving rules Milwaukee1182 km · 1 h behind - different daylight saving rules
Common questions
Quick answers- 01What time zone is Long Island City in?
- Long Island City uses America/New_York: EST (UTC-5).
- 02Does Long Island City have daylight saving time?
- 14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to EDT (UTC-4) - in 124 days
- 03What is the time difference between Long Island City and London?
- Long Island City is 5 h behind relative to London right now.
- 04What is a good time to call Long Island City from New York?
- A shared working-hours option: 16:00-17:00 in New York = 16:00-17:00 in Long Island City.
Time zones: IANA via Intl. Holidays: date-holidays. Sun calculations: SunCalc. City data: GeoNames. Airport data: OurAirports.
