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Long Island, Bahamas

Long Island, Bahamas, follows Eastern Time, moving between UTC−5 standard time and UTC−4 daylight time. The live clock gives the island’s local time, and the sunrise display supplies a date-specific guide for the start of the day.

Clarence Town, Bahamas

1:59:54 PM

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC−4 · America/Nassau

Time and sun data for Clarence Town — the largest city of Long Island

The sun in Clarence Town

Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 1:00 PM Sunset 7:16 PM Daylight 12 h 32 min Night 11 h 28 min Civil twilight 6:22 AM – 7:39 PM

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Current time in Long Island, Bahamas

The page clock reports the time residents and local services use on Long Island. Refer to it when confirming a flight, arranging ground transport, calling a business, or joining an excursion. The displayed date is especially helpful when comparing Long Island with distant time zones.

Long Island shares its civil time with Nassau and the other Bahamian districts. It observes Eastern Standard Time during the standard period and Eastern Daylight Time during the daylight-saving period. A permanent UTC−5 conversion is therefore incomplete.

Long Island lives up to its name; fortunately, its northern and southern ends do not demand separate watches.

Communities along Long Island

Settlements are distributed along the island’s extended north–south shape. Clarence Town is the administrative centre, while Deadman’s Cay is another major settlement and a transport reference. Other communities include Simms, Salt Pond, Stella Maris, Hamilton’s, Mangrove Bush, Buckley’s, and several smaller settlements along the main road.

These places all use the same official clock. “Largest cities” is an awkward description for Long Island because its population is arranged in settlements rather than large urban municipalities. For trip planning, it is more useful to know the named community and travel distance than to search for a separate city time.

Clarence Town serves as the district’s administrative centre. Deadman’s Cay is a central settlement and aviation reference. Stella Maris is in the northern part of the island. All communities observe Eastern Time.

Why sunrise varies from north to south

One clock covers the whole island, but sunrise is calculated for a point on the map. Long Island’s shape means that northern and southern locations occupy different latitudes as well as slightly different longitudes. Their sunrise values can therefore vary, even on the same date.

The annual movement of sunrise is more significant than any assumption based on the island’s name or length. Consult the current day rather than reusing a time from a previous visit. Daylight saving time changes the clock label applied to the event, while the underlying solar cycle continues independently.

Sunrise indicates when the Sun is calculated to meet the horizon. Dawn starts earlier, and direct sunlight may appear later behind vegetation, buildings, cloud, or uneven ground. An eastern coastal viewpoint and an inland location can provide noticeably different experiences despite sharing the same published astronomical reference.

Questions and answers

Is Long Island on the same time as Nassau?: Yes. Long Island and Nassau both use Eastern Time.
Does the north of Long Island have another time zone?: No. Every settlement on the island follows the same official clock.
Which settlements are useful time references?: Clarence Town, Deadman’s Cay, Stella Maris, and Simms are among the commonly recognized communities, but their civil time is identical.