Gretna in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.9538, -79.3589
- Elevation
- 256 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 248
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 297 km away
- Same name
- 15 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gretna, Virginia, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Gretna, Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Gretna, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Gretna
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Gretna, Virginia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 1:02 PM Sunset 6:23 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 7:15 AM – 6:50 PM
Weather in Gretna right now
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Gretna and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24557
- 32332
- 68028
- 70053
- 70054
- 70056
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 Virginia
- Virginia Beach 454 808
- Norfolk 238 005
- Chesapeake 235 429
- Richmond 226 610
- Arlington 207 627
- Newport News 186 247
Other places named Gretna
- Gretna Louisiana, United States
- Gretna Nebraska, United States
- Gretna Scotland, United Kingdom
- Gretna Florida, United States
- Gretna Tasmania, Australia
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
- Farmers — 4.3 km
- Galveston — 4.4 km
- Vadens Mill — 4.7 km
- Ray — 4.7 km
- Pickerel — 5.3 km
- Smothers — 5.8 km
Time and daylight in Gretna
The time standard for Gretna is America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies here: Yes.
The sun rises at 7:41 AM above Gretna and sets at 6:23 PM today. Daylight lasts about 10 h 41 min.
Neighbouring Farmers and Galveston sit in the same time as Gretna.
Deliveries to Gretna are sorted by 6 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Gretna be stated?
- It should be stated as America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- What time zone rules apply in Gretna — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Gretna: Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Gretna.
- The sunset hour is 6:23 PM.