{{Short description|Time zone data for this US state}} '''Time in Connecticut''', as in all US states, is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation.<ref name="USDOT">{{cite web |title=Uniform Time |url=https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/time-act |publisher=US Department of Transportation |accessdate=24 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824041248/https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/time-act |archivedate=24 August 2018 |url-status=live |language=en |date=13 February 2015 |quote=The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) oversees the Nation's time zones and the uniform observance of Daylight Saving Time. The oversight of time zones was assigned to DOT because time standards are important for many modes of transportation.}}</ref> Connecticut is in the Eastern Time Zone (ET) and observes daylight saving time (DST).

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |+Time in Connecticut |- ! &nbsp; || Time || UTC |- | Standard time (winter) || Eastern Standard Time (EST) || UTC−05:00 |- | Daylight time (summer) || Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) || UTC−04:00 |}

Independent of daylight saving time, solar noon in Connecticut on the March equinox is approximately 11:54 in the northeast corner and 12:02 in the southwest corner. New England, which includes Connecticut, is one of the few areas in the United States where solar noon is before noon. Connecticut legislation as recently as January 2019 has been proposed that could ultimately lead to a change in the state's time zone and possibly New England's as well, moving to the Atlantic Time Zone, if Massachusetts and Rhode Island do the same.{{cn|date=September 2019}}

thumb|right|United States time zones {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Solar noon (independent of DST)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/ |title=NOAA Solar Calculator |website=noaa.gov |accessdate=March 9, 2019}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2|Date<br>(approx.) !! colspan=3|Location |- | Greenwich || Hartford || Thompson |- | March equinox || 12:02 || 11:58 || 11:54 |- | June solstice || 11:56 || 11:52 || 11:49 |- | September equinox || 11:48 || 11:44 || 11:40 |- | December solstice || 11:53 || 11:49 || 11:45 |}

==IANA time zone database== The IANA time zone database identifier for Connecticut is ''America/New_York''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Time Zone Database |url=https://www.iana.org/time-zones |website=www.iana.org}}</ref>

== See also ==

* Time in New England states: ** Connecticut ** Maine ** Massachusetts ** New Hampshire ** Rhode Island ** Vermont

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

{{Time in the United States}}

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