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Time in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada now

13:20:54

Tuesday, 10 March 2026, week 11

Halifax switched to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, 8 March. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:35 ↓ 19:14 (11h 39m) - More info - Make Halifax time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Halifax

UTC -3

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

From 1 November 2026: UTC -4 / Atlantic Standard Time (AST)
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 March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -3 / Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT).
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 -4 / Atlantic Standard Time (AST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 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	0
London	+3 hours
UTC	+3 hours
Lagos	+4 hours
Paris	+4 hours
Zurich	+4 hours
Cairo	+5 hours
Johannesburg	+5 hours
Istanbul	+6 hours
Moscow	+6 hours
Dubai	+7 hours
Mumbai	+8.5 hours
Hong Kong	+11 hours
Shanghai	+11 hours
Singapore	+11 hours
Tokyo	+12 hours
Sydney	+14 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Halifax

Sunrise: 07:35
Sunset: 19:14
Day length: 11h 39m
Solar noon: 13:25
The current local time in Halifax is 85 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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