Check the current local time in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, United States, which sits in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Scotch Plains, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Scotch Plains
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.
Sunrise 6:36 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:49 PM Daylight 10 h 13 min Night 13 h 47 min Civil twilight 6:07 AM – 5:18 PM
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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.
There is 1 postal code zones in Scotch Plains.
The name of the time zone in Scotch Plains is America/New_York, and it runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Scotch Plains greets the sun at 6:36 AM and loses it at 4:49 PM today. Daylight runs to 10 h 13 min.
Neighbouring Borough Of Fanwood and Fanwood keep the same hours as Scotch Plains.