Airport in New Jersey
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR / KEWR) is a major international airport serving New Jersey directly.
Current local time at the airport is 19:16:43.
Daylight saving time changes in New Jersey, United States
New Jersey uses the IANA time zone identifier America/New_York. The current local offset is UTC-4 / EDT.
Next change: November 1, 2026
Clock moves back from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Best Time to Call New Jersey
Business hours in New Jersey (9 AM-5 PM local time) fall at these local times elsewhere:
- Sao Paulo: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM ( Convenient)
- Frankfurt: 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM ( Partial overlap)
- Johannesburg: 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM ( Partial overlap)
- Singapore: 9:00 PM - 5:00 AM (next day) ( Partial overlap)
- Hong Kong: 9:00 PM - 5:00 AM (next day) ( Partial overlap)
- Istanbul: 4:00 PM - 12:00 AM (next day) ( Partial overlap)
- Auckland: 2:00 AM (next day) - 10:00 AM (next day) ( Outside normal hours)
Times shown reflect current UTC offsets and may shift by up to an hour around daylight saving transitions.
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About Time in New Jersey
The Minute America Went Dark, One Time Zone at a Time
Thomas Edison died at his Glenmont estate in West Orange, New Jersey on October 18, 1931, and the tribute that followed became one of the most precisely coordinated moments in American history, precisely because it depended entirely on time zones working correctly.
On October 20, President Herbert Hoover issued a formal statement asking Americans nationwide to extinguish their lights for one full minute on the evening of Wednesday, October 21, but rather than naming a single clock time, he specified the moment separately for each zone: seven o'clock Pacific time, eight o'clock Mountain time, nine o'clock Central time, and ten o'clock Eastern time. The instruction meant the exact same nationwide moment, coordinated relative to each region's own local sunset and evening routine, rippled across the continent zone by zone rather than all at once by a single fixed clock reading.
Hoover's statement also addressed a more radical proposal that had been floated: physically shutting down electrical generating plants themselves for the minute. He explained that Thomas Edison Jr. himself had confirmed this would be genuinely dangerous, since hospitals, water systems, sanitation, elevators, and fire protection all depended on continuous power, and interrupting it even briefly could cost lives somewhere in the country. Hoover called the country's total dependence on uninterrupted electrical current "in itself a monument to Mr. Edison's genius." Edison was buried the following day, October 20, 1931, at Rosedale Cemetery in East Orange, New Jersey, not far from the West Orange laboratory where so many of his inventions, electric light included, had first come to life.
Trenton's Own Unfinished Bill
New Jersey has its own history of trying, and so far failing, to end the twice yearly clock change. An earlier version of the effort, Senate Bill S3781, laid out the legal groundwork explicitly, citing the original 1918 federal Standard Time Act that first placed New Jersey in the Eastern time zone and proposing that the state remain on Eastern Daylight Time permanently rather than falling back to Standard Time each November, contingent entirely on Congress amending the federal Uniform Time Act to allow it.
That effort has continued into more recent sessions. Senate Bill S1510 advanced out of the Senate Transportation Committee, again proposing that New Jersey remain on Eastern Daylight Time year round rather than returning to Standard Time for four months of the year, and again waiting on the same federal permission that has stalled nearly identical bills in dozens of other states. Like Edison's own tribute a century earlier, New Jersey's clock remains bound to a schedule set well beyond the state's own borders.
Frequently Asked Questions
What time zone is New Jersey in?
The whole of New Jersey uses the America/New_York time zone (EDT). Local time is 4 hours behind UTC (UTC-4), and all cities in the region show the same time.
Is the time in New Jersey the same as in Washington?
Yes. Newark and most of New Jersey keep the same time as Washington, the capital of United States, so no conversion is needed for calls or meetings between them.
Do clocks change in New Jersey?
Yes. The next clock change in New Jersey is on November 1, 2026, when clocks move back from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
What is the main city of New Jersey?
Newark is the main city of New Jersey, with a population of about 281,944. The time, sunrise and sunset shown on this page are based on Newark.
Which airport is closest to Newark?
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) serves Newark directly. Flight arrival and departure times there are shown in local time.
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