IANA Name: America/Toronto
Standard Offset: UTC −05:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC −04:00
DST Abbreviation: EDT
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
FAQ — America/Toronto
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The current local time in America/Toronto is 04:04:53. America/Toronto is currently UTC-05:00. Compare with all major time zones.
America/Toronto 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/Toronto 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/Toronto include Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Ajax, Barrie, Brampton, Brantford, Burlington, Etobicoke, Gatineau. Each city's local time, sunrise/sunset and weather are on its individual page.
America/Toronto is used (in whole or in part) by Bahamas, Canada. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between America/Toronto and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.