Current time in Jacksonville, United States
The current local time in Jacksonville is shown below. Jacksonville observes EST in winter and EDT during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Standard abbreviation
- EST
- DST abbreviation
- EDT
- Observes daylight saving
- Yes
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Jacksonville?
Jacksonville sits on Eastern Time, the same offset as the rest of the Florida peninsula and the eastern US. Its proximity to the Florida-Georgia state line is significant in practice: the Georgia side observes the same Eastern Time, while Alabama immediately to the west switches to Central, producing a one-hour change at the state border around 50 kilometres west of downtown.
What are the working hours in Jacksonville?
Jacksonville's working day runs 08:00 to 17:00 across the financial services and insurance firms that anchor downtown employment. Naval Station Mayport, the Navy's third-largest fleet concentration, operates around the clock and shapes neighbouring communities' working schedules. The port (one of the busiest container terminals on the East Coast for auto imports) runs continuous shifts. Federal holidays apply alongside the Florida-specific lack of state income tax.
Where is Jacksonville?
Jacksonville stretches along the St. Johns River in northeast Florida, the largest city in the contiguous United States by land area at around 2,200 square kilometres. The municipal population is around 970,000, with the wider metropolitan area at 1.7 million. The city extends from the Atlantic beaches inland through dense suburban districts to industrial port and naval facilities on both sides of the river.