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Time in Long Island City, New York State, United States now

19:51:18

Friday 20 March 2026, week 12

Equinox / Nowruz (Persian New Year) / International Day of Happiness

Sun: ↑ 06:59 ↓ 19:08 (12h 9m) - More info - Make Long Island City time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Long Island City

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 Long Island City 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 Long Island City

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 Long Island City

Sunrise: 06:59
Sunset: 19:08
Day length: 12h 9m
Solar noon: 13:03
The current local time in Long Island City is 63 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Long Island City on the map

Location: New York State, United States
Latitude: 40.745. Longitude: -73.949
Population: 26,000
Elevation: 4 m

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