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New York to Singapore Time Converter

Singapore is 12 hours ahead of New York while New York is on daylight saving time (from mid-March to early November), and 13 hours ahead the rest of the year. Singapore doesn’t use daylight saving time, which is why the gap moves.

EDT · UTC−4
Mon, Oct 19
SGT · UTC+8
Mon, Oct 19

On Monday, October 19, Singapore is 12 hours ahead of New York.

Heads-up: clocks in New York go back on Sunday, November 1. After that, Singapore is 13 hours ahead of New York.

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Time zone rules checked October 2026. The converter runs on your device using its built-in time zone database, so it accounts for daylight saving time on any date you pick.

New York and Singapore, hour by hour

Green rows are the hours when both cities are inside an ordinary 9-to-5 working day. Change the date in the converter and this table follows it.

Hour by hour for Monday, October 19, 2026 in New York
New York EDTSingapore SGTOffice hours (9 AM to 5 PM, local weekdays)
12:00 AM12:00 PMSingapore only
1:00 AM1:00 PMSingapore only
2:00 AM2:00 PMSingapore only
3:00 AM3:00 PMSingapore only
4:00 AM4:00 PMSingapore only
5:00 AM5:00 PM
6:00 AM6:00 PM
7:00 AM7:00 PM
8:00 AM8:00 PM
9:00 AM9:00 PMNew York only
10:00 AM10:00 PMNew York only
11:00 AM11:00 PMNew York only
12:00 PM12:00 AM next dayNew York only
1:00 PM1:00 AM next dayNew York only
2:00 PM2:00 AM next dayNew York only
3:00 PM3:00 AM next dayNew York only
4:00 PM4:00 AM next dayNew York only
5:00 PM5:00 AM next day
6:00 PM6:00 AM next day
7:00 PM7:00 AM next day
8:00 PM8:00 AM next day
9:00 PM9:00 AM next daySingapore only
10:00 PM10:00 AM next daySingapore only
11:00 PM11:00 AM next daySingapore only

The best time for a call

A 9-to-5 day in New York and one in Singapore don’t overlap at all, so somebody has to stretch. The fairest one-hour slot is usually 6:30 AM in New York, which is 6:30 PM in Singapore. It asks New York to start about two and a half hours early and Singapore to stay about two and a half hours late.

Singapore stays on UTC+8 all year. In the US summer that makes the gap exactly 12 hours, so the clock faces match and only the a.m. and p.m. swap: 8 p.m. in New York is 8 a.m. the next morning in Singapore. In winter it widens to 13 hours.

Neither office day touches the other, so recurring calls tend to alternate between a New York evening and a New York early morning, so that one side isn’t always the one staying up.

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Why the time difference changes

Singapore keeps the same time all year (UTC+8). New York doesn’t: its clocks go forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November. Every time New York changes, the gap changes with it.

Singapore compared with New York, Oct 19, 2026 to Oct 19, 2027
FromUntilSingapore is9:00 AM in New York is
TodayNov 1, 202612 hours ahead9:00 PM SGT
Nov 1, 2026Mar 14, 202713 hours ahead10:00 PM SGT
Mar 14, 2027—12 hours ahead9:00 PM SGT

The two time zones

New York

Time zone
Eastern Time (EST / EDT)
UTC offset
UTC−5, or UTC−4 in summer
Daylight saving
Clocks go forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November.
Next change
Nov 1, 2026 (clocks go back)
IANA zone
America/New_York

Singapore

Time zone
Singapore Standard Time (SGT)
UTC offset
UTC+8 all year
Daylight saving
Not observed
Next change
None — no daylight saving time
IANA zone
Asia/Singapore

Common questions

What time is it in Singapore when it’s 9 AM in New York?

9:00 PM while New York is on daylight saving time, and 10:00 PM the rest of the year. Pick a date in the converter above for the exact answer.

Is Singapore always 12 hours ahead of New York?

No. Over the next twelve months it’s 12 hours most of the time, but it changes with the seasons: Nov 1 until Mar 14, 2027 (13 hours). That’s down to daylight saving time, explained above.

What’s a good time for a meeting between New York and Singapore?

A 9-to-5 day in New York and one in Singapore don’t overlap at all, so somebody has to stretch. The fairest one-hour slot is usually 6:30 AM in New York, which is 6:30 PM in Singapore. It asks New York to start about two and a half hours early and Singapore to stay about two and a half hours late.

Is Singapore a day ahead of New York?

For part of the day, yes. On a typical day, from about 12:00 PM in New York onwards it’s already the next day in Singapore. The converter and hour-by-hour table flag this with a “next day” label.

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