The Forest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.0877, -81.1434
- Elevation
- 101 m above sea level
- Region
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 648 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in The Forest, South Carolina, United States
Below you can see what the time is in The Forest, South Carolina, United States now, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
The Forest, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in The Forest
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in The Forest, South Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:31 AM Solar noon 1:11 PM Sunset 6:51 PM Daylight 11 h 19 min Night 12 h 41 min Civil twilight 7:06 AM – 7:16 PM
Weather in The Forest right now
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The Forest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 29212 Columbia — 3.7 km away
- 29210 Columbia — 5.4 km away
- 29063 Irmo — 5.5 km away
- 29230 Columbia — 7.8 km away
- 29002 Ballentine — 9.5 km away
- 29203 Columbia — 11.1 km away
- 29169 West Columbia — 11.5 km away
- 29177 White Rock — 12.8 km away
- 29218 Columbia — 13.9 km away
- 29225 Columbia — 13.9 km away
- 29220 Columbia — 13.9 km away
- 29217 Columbia — 13.9 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 The Forest
- The Forest Anguilla, Anguilla
- The Forest New South Wales, Australia
- The Forest South Carolina, United States
- The Forest Texas, United States
- The Forest 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
- Challedon — 2.9 km
- Dutch Village — 3.5 km
- Irmo — 3.7 km
- Landmark — 4.1 km
- Coatesworth — 4.2 km
- Hallmark — 4.5 km
Local time details for The Forest
Today in The Forest, daylight opens at 7:31 AM and closes at 6:51 PM. That span measures 11 h 19 min.
Nearby Challedon and Dutch Village need no separate clock from The Forest.
Postal coverage of The Forest comes to 12 codes.
Time in The Forest is measured by America/New_York, at UTC−4. Whether clocks are moved for summer: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by The Forest?
- The Forest uses the America/New_York time zone, which has an offset of −4.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in The Forest?
- Daylight saving in The Forest: Yes.
- Which time marks sunset in The Forest?
- 6:51 PM marks sunset.