Current time in Bethesda, United States

Clocks shift twice a year — UTC-05:00 in winter, UTC-04:00 in summer.

Current time in Bethesda, United States
01:51 48
Tuesday, June 16, 2026 EDT UTC-04:00 DST in effect
UTC Offset
UTC-04:00
IANA time zone
America/New_York
Daylight saving
DST in effect
EST / EDT
Next DST change
November 1
backward -1h
Quick answer

The current local time in Bethesda, United States is ⁦01:51⁩ (⁦EDT⁩), which is ⁦UTC-04:00⁩.

Bethesda is in United States, located at 38.981, -77.100.

The current time zone for Bethesda is EDT, whose offset is UTC-04:00 from UTC. The IANA identifier is America/New_York.

The next daylight saving transition is November 1, 2026, when clocks move backward by 1 hour.

Timezone in Bethesda

Eastern Standard Time (EST)

IANA time zone: America/New_York
During winter
EST
Eastern Standard Time
UTC-05:00
Currently active
EDT
Eastern Daylight Time
UTC-04:00

Daylight in Bethesda today

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Sunrise
Sunset
Day length
14h 54m

Bethesda, United States

Country
United States
ISO code
US
Coordinates
38.9807° N, 77.1003° W
IANA zone
America/New_York
Population
60,858
Elevation
97 m
Local time01:51

Bethesda on the map · time zone

Bethesda, United States

  • Local time01:51
  • UTC offsetUTC-04:00
  • Time zoneAmerica/New_York
  • StatusDaylight saving
Coordinates
38.98°, -77.10°

World clock

Compared with Bethesda

Daylight saving time in Bethesda

Clocks shift twice a year — UTC-05:00 in winter, UTC-04:00 in summer.

Next DST change November 1, 2026
Direction backward
Amount 1h

DST schedule — recent & upcoming years

Spring-forward and fall-back dates in Bethesda.

  • 2025
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 9, 2025,
    DST end (fall back)Nov 2, 2025,
  • 2026
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 8, 2026,
    DST end (fall back)Nov 1, 2026,
  • 2027
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 14, 2027,
    DST end (fall back)Nov 7, 2027,
  • 2028
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 12, 2028,
    DST end (fall back)Nov 5, 2028,
YearDST start (spring forward)DST end (fall back)
2025Mar 9, 2025, Nov 2, 2025,
2026Mar 8, 2026, Nov 1, 2026,
2027Mar 14, 2027, Nov 7, 2027,
2028Mar 12, 2028, Nov 5, 2028,

Hour-by-hour conversion

When it's the given hour in Bethesda, here are the local times elsewhere.

Bethesda New YorkMexico CitySão PauloLondonParisBerlinDubaiMumbai
00:00 00:00 22:00 -1 01:00 05:00 06:00 06:00 08:00 09:30
01:00 01:00 23:00 -1 02:00 06:00 07:00 07:00 09:00 10:30
02:00 02:00 00:00 03:00 07:00 08:00 08:00 10:00 11:30
03:00 03:00 01:00 04:00 08:00 09:00 09:00 11:00 12:30
04:00 04:00 02:00 05:00 09:00 10:00 10:00 12:00 13:30
05:00 05:00 03:00 06:00 10:00 11:00 11:00 13:00 14:30
06:00 06:00 04:00 07:00 11:00 12:00 12:00 14:00 15:30
07:00 07:00 05:00 08:00 12:00 13:00 13:00 15:00 16:30
08:00 08:00 06:00 09:00 13:00 14:00 14:00 16:00 17:30
09:00 09:00 07:00 10:00 14:00 15:00 15:00 17:00 18:30
10:00 10:00 08:00 11:00 15:00 16:00 16:00 18:00 19:30
11:00 11:00 09:00 12:00 16:00 17:00 17:00 19:00 20:30
12:00 12:00 10:00 13:00 17:00 18:00 18:00 20:00 21:30
13:00 13:00 11:00 14:00 18:00 19:00 19:00 21:00 22:30
14:00 14:00 12:00 15:00 19:00 20:00 20:00 22:00 23:30
15:00 15:00 13:00 16:00 20:00 21:00 21:00 23:00 00:30 +1
16:00 16:00 14:00 17:00 21:00 22:00 22:00 00:00 +1 01:30 +1
17:00 17:00 15:00 18:00 22:00 23:00 23:00 01:00 +1 02:30 +1
18:00 18:00 16:00 19:00 23:00 00:00 +1 00:00 +1 02:00 +1 03:30 +1
19:00 19:00 17:00 20:00 00:00 +1 01:00 +1 01:00 +1 03:00 +1 04:30 +1
20:00 20:00 18:00 21:00 01:00 +1 02:00 +1 02:00 +1 04:00 +1 05:30 +1
21:00 21:00 19:00 22:00 02:00 +1 03:00 +1 03:00 +1 05:00 +1 06:30 +1
22:00 22:00 20:00 23:00 03:00 +1 04:00 +1 04:00 +1 06:00 +1 07:30 +1
23:00 23:00 21:00 00:00 +1 04:00 +1 05:00 +1 05:00 +1 07:00 +1 08:30 +1

Frequently Asked Questions

The current local time in Bethesda, United States is 01:51 (EDT). Bethesda uses the America/New_York time zone, which is UTC-04:00.

Bethesda uses EST (UTC-05:00) in winter and switches to EDT (UTC-04:00) during daylight saving time. The IANA identifier is America/New_York.

Yes. The next daylight saving transition in Bethesda is on November 1, 2026. Clocks will move backward by 1 hour.

The IANA / Olson time zone database identifier for Bethesda is America/New_York. This is the identifier used by operating systems, programming languages, and APIs to look up the correct local time.

It is currently AM in Bethesda. The local time is 01:51 (EDT).

Bethesda is UTC-05:00 from UTC during standard time and UTC-04:00 during daylight saving time. It is currently UTC-04:00.

The next daylight saving transition in Bethesda is on November 1, 2026. Clocks move backward by 1 hour at 01:00 local time.

Bethesda is currently the same time as New York.