UTC Offset
UTC-04:00
Current time in Fort Lauderdale, United States
Clocks shift twice a year — UTC-05:00 in winter, UTC-04:00 in summer.
Current time in Fort Lauderdale, United States
09:41 53
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 Fort Lauderdale, United States is 09:41 (EDT), which is UTC-04:00.
Fort Lauderdale is in United States, located at 26.122, -80.143.
The current time zone for Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale
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 Fort Lauderdale today
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Sunset
Day length
13h 45m
Fort Lauderdale, United States
- Country
- United States
- ISO code
- US
- Coordinates
- 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W
- IANA zone
- America/New_York
- Population
- 183,146
- Elevation
- 1 m
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Fort Lauderdale on the map · time zone
Fort Lauderdale, United States
- Local time 09:41
- UTC offset UTC-04:00
- Time zone America/New_York
- Status Daylight saving
- Coordinates
- 26.12°, -80.14°
World clock
Compared with Fort Lauderdale
Daylight saving time in Fort Lauderdale
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 Fort Lauderdale.
- 2025DST start (spring forward) Mar 9, 2025,DST end (fall back) Nov 2, 2025,
- 2026DST start (spring forward) Mar 8, 2026,DST end (fall back) Nov 1, 2026,
- 2027DST start (spring forward) Mar 14, 2027,DST end (fall back) Nov 7, 2027,
- 2028DST start (spring forward) Mar 12, 2028,DST end (fall back) Nov 5, 2028,
| Year | DST start (spring forward) | DST end (fall back) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 9, 2025, | Nov 2, 2025, |
| 2026 | Mar 8, 2026, | Nov 1, 2026, |
| 2027 | Mar 14, 2027, | Nov 7, 2027, |
| 2028 | Mar 12, 2028, | Nov 5, 2028, |
Hour-by-hour conversion
When it's the given hour in Fort Lauderdale, here are the local times elsewhere.
| Fort Lauderdale | New York | Mexico City | São Paulo | London | Paris | Berlin | Dubai | Mumbai |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Fort Lauderdale, United States is 09:41 (EDT). Fort Lauderdale uses the America/New_York time zone, which is UTC-04:00.
Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale is on November 1, 2026. Clocks will move backward by 1 hour.
The IANA / Olson time zone database identifier for Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale. The local time is 09:41 (EDT).
Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale is on November 1, 2026. Clocks move backward by 1 hour at 01:00 local time.
Fort Lauderdale is currently the same time as New York.