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Time in General Santos, Philippines now

07:26:48AM

Friday, October 2, 2026

International Day of Non-Violence - to commemorate the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi

Sun: ↑ 05:27AM ↓ 05:31PM (12h 4m) - More info - Make General Santos time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for General Santos

UTC +8

Philippine Time (PHT)
now 12 hours ahead of New York

The time in General Santos is 13 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 12 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
General Santos has not had daylight saving time since 1990.
The IANA time zone identifier for General Santos is Asia/Manila.

Time difference
from General Santos

Los Angeles	−15 hours	−15 hours
Chicago	−13 hours	−13 hours
New York	−12 hours	−12 hours
Toronto	−12 hours	−12 hours
São Paulo	−11 hours	−11 hours
UTC	−8 hours	−8 hours
Lagos	−7 hours	−7 hours
London	−7 hours	−7 hours
Johannesburg	−6 hours	−6 hours
Paris	−6 hours	−6 hours
Zurich	−6 hours	−6 hours
Cairo	−5 hours	−5 hours
Istanbul	−5 hours	−5 hours
Moscow	−5 hours	−5 hours
Dubai	−4 hours	−4 hours
Mumbai	−2.5 hours	−2.5 hours
Hong Kong	0
Shanghai	0
Singapore	0
Tokyo	+1 hours
Sydney	+2 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for General Santos

Sunrise: 05:27AM
Sunset: 05:31PM
Day length: 12h 4m
Solar noon: 11:29AM
The current local time in General Santos is 31 minutes behind apparent solar time.

General Santos on the map

Location: Philippines
Latitude: 6.11. Longitude: 125.17
Population: 722,000

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