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Time.is

Time in Swords, Ireland now

00:09:17

Friday la 27a de March, 2026, week 13

World Theatre Day

Swords switches to Irish Standard Time at 01:00 on Sunday la 29a de March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:10 ↓ 18:51 (12h 41m) - More info - Make Swords time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Swords

UTC +0

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
now 4 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +1 / Irish Standard Time (IST)
The time in Swords 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 Swords can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Swords is Europe/Dublin.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

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

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / Irish Standard Time (IST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 01:00 to 02:00 local time.

Time difference
from Swords

Los Angeles	−7 hours	−7 hours
Chicago	−5 hours	−5 hours
New York	−4 hours	−4 hours
Toronto	−4 hours	−4 hours
São Paulo	−3 hours	−3 hours
London	0
UTC	0
Lagos	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Johannesburg	+2 hours
Istanbul	+3 hours
Moscow	+3 hours
Dubai	+4 hours
Mumbai	+5.5 hours
Hong Kong	+8 hours
Shanghai	+8 hours
Singapore	+8 hours
Tokyo	+9 hours
Sydney	+11 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Swords

Sunrise: 06:10
Sunset: 18:51
Day length: 12h 41m
Solar noon: 12:30
The current local time in Swords is 30 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Swords on the map

Location: Ireland
Latitude: 53.460. Longitude: -6.218
Population: 43,000

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Best restaurants in Swords

#1 Milano - Pizza and vegetarian options food
#2 The Old Schoolhouse - Irish and grill food
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