Satellite View of Hartford
Hartford sits at 41.7658, -72.6734. Drag to pan, click then scroll to zoom, and switch between satellite, terrain and street layers.
United States · America/New_York
Current Time in Connecticut
Live local time in Hartford, Connecticut, with today's date, the UTC offset, the difference from your own clock, and current weather.
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Hartford Right Now
Weather, sky, sea and location for Hartford, all updating live.
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Reference
Connecticut at a Glance
| Region | Connecticut |
| Abbreviation | CT |
| Country | United States |
| Reference city | Hartford |
| IANA time zone | America/New_York |
| Current UTC offset | — |
| Coordinates | 41.7658, -72.6734 |
| Day of year | — |
| ISO week number | — |
| Season in Hartford | — |
| Daylight today | — |
| Sun altitude now | — |
| Moon phase | — |
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Time Differences
How Hartford lines up against the places people most often need to coordinate with.
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Differences are measured against Hartford. For a specific date, use the converter.
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Understanding the offset
How Connecticut Time Works
The Zone, Not the Offset
Hartford sits in America/New_York. That name matters more than the number: an offset like the one shown above is only true today, whereas the zone name carries every rule about when the country changes its clocks. Software that stores offsets instead of zone names breaks at the next changeover.
Clock Changes
Whether Connecticut moves its clocks twice a year is baked into the America/New_York zone, so the offset above is always the one in force today. Places that stay on a fixed offset drift an hour relative to their neighbours for part of the year, which is the usual reason a recurring call slips.
One Zone Throughout
Connecticut runs on America/New_York throughout, so whatever the clock reads in Hartford is what it reads across the state.
Answers
Connecticut Time Questions
What time is it in Connecticut right now?
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Hartford, Connecticut, updating every second. It is calculated from the America/New_York zone using your browser's copy of the IANA time zone database, so daylight saving is applied automatically.
What time zone is Connecticut in?
Hartford uses the America/New_York zone, and the current UTC offset is shown in the panel above. Connecticut uses this one zone throughout, so the time is the same across the whole state.
Does Connecticut change its clocks?
The offset shown above already accounts for daylight saving wherever it applies, because it comes from the time zone database rather than a fixed number. If Connecticut is on a fixed offset all year, the panel simply never changes.
How do I convert Connecticut time to my own?
The comparison line above already shows the difference between Hartford and your own device clock. For a specific date rather than right now, use the time zone converter, which applies the daylight saving rules for the date you enter.
Where does the weather come from?
Open-Meteo, a free weather service. The request goes directly from your browser to their API, so nothing about your visit passes through our server. It reports current conditions and a short forecast for Hartford.