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Time in Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom now

01:05:16AM

Thursday, 2 April, 2026, week 14

Maundy Thursday (Easter) / World Autism Awareness Day

Sun: ↑ 06:26AM ↓ 07:52PM (13h 25m) - More info - Make Shetland Islands time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Shetland Islands

UTC +1

British Summer Time (BST)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
The time in Shetland Islands is normally 5 hours 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 Shetland Islands can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Shetland Islands is Europe/London.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST).
The time was set forward one hour from 01:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Shetland Islands

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
London	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Shetland Islands

Sunrise: 06:26AM
Sunset: 07:52PM
Day length: 13h 25m
Solar noon: 01:09PM
The current local time in Shetland Islands is 69 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Shetland Islands on the map

Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
Latitude: 60.333. Longitude: -1.333
Population: 23,000

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