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Time in Nova Scotia, Canada now

08:02:30PM

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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Sun: ↑ 07:10AM ↓ 06:53PM (11h 43m) - 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 can be either 1 or 2 hours ahead of or the same as the time in New York, depending on the time of the year.
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: 07:10AM
Sunset: 06:53PM
Day length: 11h 43m
Solar noon: 01:02PM
The current local time in Nova Scotia is 62 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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