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Time in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States now

02:06:34

Tuesday, March 10, 2026, week 11

Fort Lauderdale switched to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, March 8. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:35 ↓ 19:27 (11h 52m) - More info - Make Fort Lauderdale time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Fort Lauderdale

UTC -4

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York

From 1 November 2026: UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST)
The IANA time zone identifier for Fort Lauderdale is America/New_York.

Sunday March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Time difference
from Fort Lauderdale

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
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 Fort Lauderdale

Sunrise: 07:35
Sunset: 19:27
Day length: 11h 52m
Solar noon: 13:31
The current local time in Fort Lauderdale is 91 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Fort Lauderdale on the map

Location: Florida, United States
Latitude: 26.12. Longitude: -80.14
Population: 183,000
Elevation: 0 m

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#1 Casablanca Cafe - American and mediterranean food
#2 Heritage - Pizza and italian food
#3 ethos Greek Bistro - Greek and mediterranean food

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