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Current time in Acton, United States

Thursday, 15 October 2026

Eastern Daylight TimeUTC-04:00

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Acton time at a glance

Country
United States
Location
City in Massachusetts
Time zone
America/New_York
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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Time-zone identity for Acton

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

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

Next clock change in Acton

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 Acton

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/New_York, 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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  4. UTC-05:00 UTC-05:00UTC offset decreased by
  5. UTC-04:00 UTC-04:00UTC offset decreased by
  6. UTC-05:00 UTC-05:00UTC offset decreased by
  7. UTC-04:00 UTC-04:00UTC offset decreased by
  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.

Location context

About Acton

Location details for Acton in Massachusetts, United States.

Administrative area
Massachusetts, United States
Population
20,897
Coordinates
42.4851° N, 71.4328° W. The elevation is 81 metres.

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Sources for Acton time and city facts

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

View 3 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.
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