East Canaan in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.0134, -73.2837
- Elevation
- 245 m above sea level
- Region
- Connecticut
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 470 km away
What time is it in East Canaan, Connecticut, United States
Local time in East Canaan, Connecticut, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/New_York time zone (−4).
East Canaan, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in East Canaan
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in East Canaan, Connecticut.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:08 AM Solar noon 12:40 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 11 h 04 min Night 12 h 56 min Civil twilight 6:39 AM – 6:40 PM
Weather in East Canaan right now
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East Canaan and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 06024
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Connecticut
- Bridgeport 147 629
- New Haven 130 322
- Stamford 128 874
- North Stamford 121 230
- Hartford 121 054
- Waterbury 108 802
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- North Canaan — 1.3 km
- Sodom — 2.8 km
- Clayton — 3.3 km
- Canaan Valley — 3.8 km
- Canaan — 4.1 km
- East Sheffield — 4.1 km
About the time in East Canaan
East Canaan tells time by America/New_York, an offset of UTC−4. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.
The sun rises here at 7:08 AM and sets at 6:12 PM in East Canaan today. Daylight adds up to 11 h 04 min.
The clock in East Canaan matches the clock in nearby North Canaan and Sodom.
1 postal code is attached to East Canaan.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in East Canaan?
- Use America/New_York to show the time in East Canaan; its offset is −4.
- What time zone rules apply in East Canaan — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in East Canaan: Yes.
- When is the sun down in East Canaan?
- The sun goes down at 6:12 PM.