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Time in Nova Scotia, Canada now

03:25:57PM

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

Norwegian Constitution Day / International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Sun: ↑ 05:40AM ↓ 08:37PM (14h 56m) - More info - Make Nova Scotia time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Nova Scotia

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 Nova Scotia 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 Nova Scotia 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 Nova Scotia 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 02:00AM to 03:00AM 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 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Nova Scotia

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
UTC	+3 hours
Lagos	+4 hours
London	+4 hours
Johannesburg	+5 hours
Paris	+5 hours
Zurich	+5 hours
Cairo	+6 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	+13 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Nova Scotia

Sunrise: 05:40AM
Sunset: 08:37PM
Day length: 14h 56m
Solar noon: 01:08PM
The current local time in Nova Scotia is 68 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Nova Scotia on the map

Location: Canada
Latitude: 45.00. Longitude: -63.00
Population: 969,000

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