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Time in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States now

12:56:10

Wednesday, March 4 2026, week 10

Fort Lauderdale switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, March 8. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:41 ↓ 18:24 (11h 43m) - More info - Make Fort Lauderdale time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Fort Lauderdale

UTC -5

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
The IANA time zone identifier for Fort Lauderdale is America/New_York.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

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

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 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	+2 hours
London	+5 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+16 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Fort Lauderdale

Sunrise: 06:41
Sunset: 18:24
Day length: 11h 43m
Solar noon: 12:32
The current local time in Fort Lauderdale is 32 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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Best restaurants in Fort Lauderdale

#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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