IANA Name: America/Detroit
Standard Offset: UTC −05:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC −04:00
DST Abbreviation: EDT
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
FAQ — America/Detroit
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The current local time in America/Detroit is 19:28:52. America/Detroit is currently UTC-05:00. Compare with all major time zones.
America/Detroit is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.
Yes — America/Detroit observes DST. In standard time it is EST UTC-05:00; during DST it switches to EDT UTC-04:00. Exact transition dates follow the local government's DST rules and are baked into the IANA tz database.
Major cities in America/Detroit include Ann Arbor, Clinton Township, Dearborn, Detroit, Farmington Hills, Flint, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo. Each city's local time, sunrise/sunset and weather are on its individual page.
America/Detroit is used (in whole or in part) by United States. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between America/Detroit and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.