Taft in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.6329, -76.3913
- Elevation
- 12 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 151 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Taft, Virginia, United States
Read off the current local time in Taft, Virginia, United States, which belongs to the America/New_York zone (−4).
Taft, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Taft
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Taft.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:30 AM Solar noon 12:50 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 7:03 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Taft right now
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Taft and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 38488
- 74463
- 78390
- 93268
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 Taft
- Taft Yazd Province, Iran
- Taft California, United States
- Taft Eastern Visayas, Philippines
- Taft Texas, United States
- Taft Florida, 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 Taft
Expect sunrise at 7:30 AM and sunset at 6:11 PM in Taft today. Daylight adds up to 10 h 42 min.
For nearby Palmer and Irvington, use the time shown for Taft.
4 postal codes cover the territory of Taft.
Taft runs on America/New_York, which sits UTC−4 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Can Taft's time zone be given as America/New_York?
- Yes, Taft's time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Taft adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in Taft?
- Local sunrise is 7:30 AM.