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Time in Swords, Ireland now

12:08:56AM

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

April Fools' Day

Swords switched to Irish Standard Time at 01:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:58AM ↓ 08:00PM (13h 2m) - More info - Make Swords time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Swords

UTC +1

Irish Standard Time (IST)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
The time in Swords is normally 5 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 Swords can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Swords is Europe/Dublin.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +1 / Irish Standard Time (IST).
The time was set forward one hour from 01:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Swords

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
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
London	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+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 Swords

Sunrise: 06:58AM
Sunset: 08:00PM
Day length: 13h 2m
Solar noon: 01:29PM
The current local time in Swords is 89 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Swords on the map

Location: Ireland
Latitude: 53.460. Longitude: -6.218
Population: 43,000

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Best restaurants in Swords

#1 Milano - Pizza and vegetarian options food
#2 The Old Schoolhouse - Irish and grill food
#3 Hogs & Heifers Swords - Barbecue and american food

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