Childs in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.6462, -75.8716
- Elevation
- 48 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 130 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Childs, Maryland, United States
The reading below is the local time in Childs, Maryland, United States, taken from the America/New_York zone (−5).
Childs, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Childs
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Childs keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:36 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 5:00 PM Daylight 10 h 24 min Night 13 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:08 AM – 5:28 PM
Weather in Childs right now
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Childs and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21916
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 Maryland
- Baltimore 585 708
- Columbia 99 615
- Germantown 86 395
- Silver Spring 71 452
- Frederick 69 479
- Waldorf 67 752
Other places named Childs
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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
- Union Valley — 3.2 km
- West Creek Village — 6.1 km
- Winding Brook Village — 6.2 km
- Timberbrook — 7.3 km
- Turn Quist — 7.9 km
- Christina Manor — 8.1 km
About the time in Childs
Childs contains 1 postal code.
Childs is on America/New_York time, which corresponds to UTC−5. Whether the area observes daylight saving: No.
Childs sees the sun rise at 6:36 AM and set at 5:00 PM today. Daylight runs for 10 h 24 min.
The hours shown for Childs apply equally in Union Valley and West Creek Village.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Childs follow?
- Childs follows America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is the offset in Childs changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Childs?
- Today the sun rises at 6:36 AM.