Time.is

Time in Nova Scotia, Canada now

02:39:58AM

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Nova Scotia switches to standard time at 02:00AM on Sunday, November 2. The time is set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:45AM ↓ 06:06PM (10h 20m) - More info - Make Nova Scotia time default - Add to favorite locations

UTC -3

Atlantic Time (AT)
now 1 hour ahead of New York

From 2 November 2025: UTC -4 / Atlantic Standard Time (AST)
The time in Nova Scotia is normally one hour ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Nova Scotia can for a short while be two hours ahead of or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Nova Scotia is America/Halifax.

Sunday March 9 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Sunday November 2 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

Sunrise: 07:45AM
Sunset: 06:06PM
Day length: 10h 20m
Solar noon: 12:56PM
The current local time in Nova Scotia is 56 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.