Elf in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.0215, -83.7479
- Elevation
- 600 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 735 km away
What time is it in Elf, North Carolina, United States
The page gives the present local time in Elf, North Carolina, United States, whose time zone is America/New_York (−4).
Elf, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Elf
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Elf, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:43 AM Solar noon 1:21 PM Sunset 6:59 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 7:18 AM – 7:25 PM
Weather in Elf right now
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Elf and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28904 Hayesville — 4.2 km away
- 30546 Hiawassee — 12.9 km away
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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
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
- Clay County — 4.0 km
- Hunt (historical) — 5.9 km
- Cedar Cliff — 6.1 km
- Hayesville — 6.9 km
- Tusquitee — 7.2 km
- Friendship — 7.3 km
Local time details for Elf
Elf works to America/New_York time, set at UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
The sun climbs above Elf at 7:43 AM and dips below at 6:59 PM. Between them sit 11 h 16 min of daylight.
The hours shown for Elf apply equally in Clay County and Hunt (historical).
Postal coverage of Elf comes to 2 codes.
Questions and answers
- Does Elf use the America/New_York time zone?
- Yes, Elf uses America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- What time zone rules apply in Elf — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Elf: Yes.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Elf — what are they?
- Sunrise at 7:43 AM, sunset at 6:59 PM.