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Cockburn TownTurks and Caicos Islands

Current time in Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Eastern Daylight TimeUTC-04:00

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Cockburn Town time at a glance

Country
Turks and Caicos Islands
Location
Capital city of Turks and Caicos Islands
Time zone
America/Grand_Turk
UTC offset now
UTC-04:00
Current zone label
GMT-4
Next clock change
1 November 2026 at 01:00 GMT-5

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Cockburn Town time guide

Does Cockburn Town change its clocks?

Cockburn Town uses UTC-05:00 in winter and UTC-04:00 during daylight saving, following the territory's seasonal schedule. The current calculated offset is UTC-04:00.
Standard time
Eastern Standard Time (EST), UTC-05:00
Daylight time
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC-04:00
Time-zone identifier
America/Grand_Turk
Cockburn Town and New York
Normally the same clock time throughout the year

Locality, Grand Turk and territory

Cockburn Town is not all of Grand Turk

The Turks and Caicos statistics office publishes census population separately for Cockburn Town and Hawks Nest, Grand Turk island, and the territory. Island or territory estimates should not be presented as the capital locality's population.

Time-zone identity for Cockburn Town

IANA zone
America/Grand_Turk
UTC offset now
UTC-04:00
Current zone label
GMT-4
Clock-change status
An offset change was found in the next 370 days.

Cockburn Town is currently 4 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Next clock change in Cockburn Town

UTC-05:00UTC-05:00

This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Cockburn Town

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Grand_Turk, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.

Previous 5 years

  1. UTC-04:00 UTC-04:00UTC offset decreased by
  2. UTC-05:00 UTC-05:00UTC offset decreased by
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  6. UTC-05:00 UTC-05:00UTC offset decreased by
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  8. UTC-05:00 UTC-05:00UTC offset decreased by
  9. UTC-04:00 UTC-04:00UTC offset decreased by
  10. UTC-05:00 UTC-05:00UTC offset decreased by

Next 5 years

  1. UTC-05:00 UTC-05:00UTC offset decreased by
  2. UTC-04:00 UTC-04:00UTC offset decreased by
  3. UTC-05:00 UTC-05:00UTC offset decreased by
  4. UTC-04:00 UTC-04:00UTC offset decreased by
  5. UTC-05:00 UTC-05:00UTC offset decreased by
  6. UTC-04:00 UTC-04:00UTC offset decreased by
  7. UTC-05:00 UTC-05:00UTC offset decreased by
  8. UTC-04:00 UTC-04:00UTC offset decreased by
  9. UTC-05:00 UTC-05:00UTC offset decreased by
  10. UTC-04:00 UTC-04:00UTC offset decreased by

Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.

Capital city context

About Cockburn Town, capital of Turks and Caicos Islands

Cockburn Town is the capital of Turks and Caicos Islands. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.

Capital status
Capital of Turks and Caicos Islands
Administrative area
Turks and Caicos Islands
Population
3,720
Coordinates
21.4612° N, 71.1419° W. The elevation is 7 metres.

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Sources for Cockburn Town time and city facts

Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.

View 4 sources
  • GeoNames cities15000
    GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · Accessed
    City and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · Accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · Accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Population statistics and census locality tables
    Turks and Caicos Islands Statistics Authority · Official census and estimate series · Accessed
    Official population totals by locality, island and territory.
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