Lancaster County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.6867, -80.7054
- Region
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 571 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States
Watch the current local time in Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States, running on the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Lancaster County, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Lancaster County
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Lancaster County keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:30 AM Solar noon 1:09 PM Sunset 6:49 PM Daylight 11 h 18 min Night 12 h 42 min Civil twilight 7:05 AM – 7:14 PM
Weather in Lancaster County right now
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Lancaster County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 29721 Lancaster — 7.1 km away
- 29720 Lancaster — 8.6 km away
- 29058 Heath Springs — 9.4 km away
- 29722 Lancaster — 9.9 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 South Carolina
- Columbia 142 416
- Charleston 132 609
- North Charleston 108 304
- Mount Pleasant 81 317
- Rock Hill 71 548
- Greenville 64 579
Other places named Lancaster County
- Lancaster County Nebraska, United States
- Lancaster County Pennsylvania, United States
- Lancaster County Virginia, United States
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
- Elgin Woods — 0.3 km
- Elgin — 2.0 km
- Baker Place — 2.5 km
- Antioch — 3.2 km
- Kennon Heights — 3.5 km
- Smoke Rise — 3.5 km
Lancaster County: clock, sun and surroundings
Local time in Lancaster County is governed by America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Morning light reaches Lancaster County at 7:30 AM, and the sun sets at 6:49 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 11 h 18 min.
Places close to Lancaster County, among them Elgin Woods and Elgin, share its time.
Lancaster County has 4 postal codes in total.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Lancaster County?
- Use America/New_York to show the time in Lancaster County; its offset is −4.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in Lancaster County?
- Daylight saving in Lancaster County: Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Lancaster County.
- The sun rises at 7:30 AM.