UTC Offset
UTC-04:00
Current time in New Bedford, United States
Clocks shift twice a year — UTC-05:00 in winter, UTC-04:00 in summer.
Current time in New Bedford, United States
06:51 51
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 New Bedford, United States is 06:51 (EDT), which is UTC-04:00.
New Bedford is in United States, located at 41.635, -70.927.
The current time zone for New Bedford 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 New Bedford
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 New Bedford today
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Sunset
Day length
15h 11m
New Bedford, United States
- Country
- United States
- ISO code
- US
- Coordinates
- 41.6353° N, 70.9270° W
- IANA zone
- America/New_York
- Population
- 101,079
- Elevation
- 29 m
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New Bedford on the map · time zone
New Bedford, United States
- Local time06:51
- UTC offsetUTC-04:00
- Time zoneAmerica/New_York
- StatusDaylight saving
- Coordinates
- 41.64°, -70.93°
World clock
Compared with New Bedford
Daylight saving time in New Bedford
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 New Bedford.
- 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 New Bedford, here are the local times elsewhere.
| New Bedford | 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 New Bedford, United States is 06:51 (EDT). New Bedford uses the America/New_York time zone, which is UTC-04:00.
New Bedford 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 New Bedford is on November 1, 2026. Clocks will move backward by 1 hour.
The IANA / Olson time zone database identifier for New Bedford 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 New Bedford. The local time is 06:51 (EDT).
New Bedford 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 New Bedford is on November 1, 2026. Clocks move backward by 1 hour at 01:00 local time.
New Bedford is currently the same time as New York.