Shields in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.2668, -78.6475
- Elevation
- 219 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 229 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shields, Virginia, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Shields, Virginia, United States, which uses America/New_York (−4).
Shields, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Shields
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Shields.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:37 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 6:22 PM Daylight 10 h 45 min Night 13 h 15 min Civil twilight 7:10 AM – 6:49 PM
Weather in Shields right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
Shields and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 58569
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 Shields
- Shields Michigan, United States
- Shields Saskatchewan, Canada
- Shields Illinois, United States
- Shields Indiana, United States
- Shields Kansas, 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
Time and daylight in Shields
1 postal code is listed for Shields.
Shields is served by the America/New_York time zone, offset UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Today's sun rises in Shields at 7:37 AM, then sets at 6:22 PM. The day offers 10 h 45 min of daylight.
There is no time difference between Shields and nearby Pamplin or Elam.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Shields in for local time?
- For local time, Shields is in America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Shields switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Shields: Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Shields?
- The sun sets in Shields at 6:22 PM.