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Time.is

Time in Zaanstad, Netherlands now

04:02:59PM

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Zaanstad switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:24AM ↓ 07:08PM (12h 44m) - More info - Make Zaanstad time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Zaanstad

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
The time in Zaanstad is normally 6 hours 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 Zaanstad can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Zaanstad is Europe/Amsterdam.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time was set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Zaanstad

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Zaanstad

Sunrise: 06:24AM
Sunset: 07:08PM
Day length: 12h 44m
Solar noon: 12:46PM
The current local time in Zaanstad is 46 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Zaanstad on the map

Location: Netherlands
Latitude: 52.45. Longitude: 4.81
Population: 140,000

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