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Time in Schenectady, New York State, United States now

03:41:17

Saturday 7 March 2026, week 10

Schenectady switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday 8 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:21 ↓ 17:52 (11h 32m) - More info - Make Schenectady time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Schenectady

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 Schenectady 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 Schenectady

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 Schenectady

Sunrise: 06:21
Sunset: 17:52
Day length: 11h 32m
Solar noon: 12:07
The current local time in Schenectady is 7 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Schenectady on the map

Location: New York State, United States
Latitude: 42.814. Longitude: -73.940
Population: 65,000
Elevation: 74 m

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Best restaurants in Schenectady

#1 Caribe Spanish Restaurant & Sports Bar - Spanish and caribbean food
#2 Perreca's Bakery - Delis and italian food
#3 Simone's Kitchen ️ - Mediterranean and salads food

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