Current time in Philadelphia, United States
The current local time in Philadelphia is shown below. Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia?
Philadelphia sits midway between New York and Washington on the Eastern Seaboard, sharing Eastern Time with both. The Amtrak Northeast Corridor links the three within roughly four hours of rail travel, and the working calendars of finance and government align closely across the corridor. Daylight saving observes the federal second-Sunday-of-March to first-Sunday-of-November schedule.
What are the working hours in Philadelphia?
Philadelphia's working day runs 09:00 to 17:00, with the Centre City financial and law firms often starting earlier to match New York. The pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors of the western and northern suburbs follow more conventional 08:30 starts. Federal holidays apply alongside an unusually robust observance of Election Day in November and Veterans Day, with many of the city's universities also closing for spring and fall reading breaks.
Where is Philadelphia?
Philadelphia sits between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers in eastern Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest US city by population with around 1.6 million residents and a metropolitan area of close to 6.3 million extending into New Jersey and Delaware. The grid plan of William Penn's original layout still organises the central districts, with the financial Centre City corridor running between City Hall and the Delaware waterfront.