Time zone
- Currently Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC -4
- Standard time (Eastern Standard Time (EST), UTC -5) starts November 6, 2016
The IANA time zone identifier for Boston is America/New_York.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Boston
- Sunrise: 05:07AM
- Sunset: 08:21PM
- Day length: 15h 14m
- Solar noon: 12:44PM
- The current local time in Boston is 44 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.