Current Time in Amsterdam
The live local time in Amsterdam, Netherlands — computed in your browser from the IANA time zone
Europe/Amsterdam, so daylight saving is always applied correctly for today.
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Time zone facts for Amsterdam
- IANA time zone:
Europe/Amsterdam - Standard offset: UTC+1
- Daylight saving: observed — the offset moves to UTC+2 while DST is active (the live clock above already reflects today's status).
- January / July offset: UTC+1 / UTC+2
- Offset as of September 2026: UTC+2 — daylight saving in effect
- Next clock change: clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday, October 25, 2026 (local date), moving the offset from UTC+2 to UTC+1
How Amsterdam's offset moves through the year
Amsterdam keeps two offsets: UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July. The clocks move between them twice a year, and each move changes the difference between Amsterdam and every place that does not move at the same instant. As of September 2026, the offset is UTC+2, so daylight saving is in effect.
The coming cycle, derived from the IANA time zone database as of September 2026: the clocks next go back 1 hour on Sunday, October 25, 2026 (Amsterdam local date), taking the offset from UTC+2 to UTC+1. The change after that comes 154 days later, on Sunday, March 28, 2027, when the clocks go forward 1 hour and the offset returns from UTC+1 to UTC+2. Those 154 days are the standard-time part of the year for Amsterdam.
Read those two dates alongside the partner's dates for any city you work with. If the partner does not observe daylight saving, the gap to it changes on exactly these two dates. If it does, the gap changes only where the two calendars disagree — not at all when both sides switch at the same instants, otherwise on every date where one side has shifted and the other has not yet. The table below works that out for the reference cities.
Set against the reference cities, as of September 2026: Amsterdam's next change comes at the same instant as London's (Sunday, October 25, 2026, London date) and 7 days before New York's (Sunday, November 1, 2026, New York date). Tokyo has no change of its own scheduled within the next 15 months, so its gap to Amsterdam moves on Amsterdam's dates alone. Which city moves first is what shapes each of the mismatch windows set out below.
The gap to London, New York, and Tokyo across the year
The differences below were computed at build time by scanning the coming twelve months of the IANA time zone database for each pair, locating every instant at which either city changes its clocks, and reading the gap on each side of it. "As of September 2026" is the gap today; "over the year" is the full range the pair takes before the same month comes round again, from Amsterdam's point of view.
| Reference | Amsterdam is, as of September 2026 | Over the coming year | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 1 hour ahead | does not change | both change clocks at the same instants |
| New York | 6 hours ahead | 5 hours ahead to 6 hours ahead | both change clocks, on different dates |
| Tokyo | 7 hours behind | 7 hours behind to 8 hours behind | only Amsterdam changes its clocks |
Two things are visible at once: the gap to London is one number all year, while the gap to New York and Tokyo is not. The mechanism in each case is set out below, with the exact instants at which the gap moves.
Amsterdam and London
As of September 2026, Amsterdam is 1 hour ahead of London. Both Amsterdam and London change their clocks, and across the scanned year every clock change on one side fell at the same instant as a change of the same size on the other, so the difference held one value at every instant of that year. A meeting fixed at one wall-clock hour in Amsterdam therefore lands at one wall-clock hour in London all year, and vice versa.
Amsterdam and New York
As of September 2026, Amsterdam is 6 hours ahead of New York. Both Amsterdam and New York change their clocks, but not at the same instants. Between one side's transition and the other's, only one shift has happened, so the gap briefly holds a value it holds only inside these mismatch windows. The gap changes 4 times in the coming twelve months; the briefest such window lasts 7 days, from October 25, 2026 to November 1, 2026 (Amsterdam dates), during which Amsterdam is 5 hours ahead of New York.
- From Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 AM (Amsterdam time), when Amsterdam changes clocks: Amsterdam is 5 hours ahead of New York.
- From Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 7:00 AM (Amsterdam time), when New York changes clocks: Amsterdam is 6 hours ahead of New York.
- From Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 8:00 AM (Amsterdam time), when New York changes clocks: Amsterdam is 5 hours ahead of New York.
- From Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 3:00 AM (Amsterdam time), when Amsterdam changes clocks: Amsterdam is 6 hours ahead of New York.
Each of those windows is opened by one city's change and closed by the other's. The first, from October 25, 2026 to November 1, 2026 (Amsterdam dates), opens when Amsterdam's clocks go back and closes 7 days later when New York's go back. In between, New York is on daylight time and Amsterdam on standard time, so Amsterdam is 5 hours ahead of New York against 6 hours ahead on either side of it. The second, from March 14, 2027 to March 28, 2027 (Amsterdam dates), opens when New York's clocks go forward and closes 14 days later when Amsterdam's go forward. In between, New York is on daylight time and Amsterdam on standard time, so Amsterdam is 5 hours ahead of New York against 6 hours ahead on either side of it. Which city moves first differs from window to window, and the longest of them lasts 14 days.
Amsterdam and Tokyo
As of September 2026, Amsterdam is 7 hours behind Tokyo. Amsterdam changes its clocks for daylight saving and Tokyo does not. Each Amsterdam transition therefore moves the gap by the full size of that shift, and nothing ever moves it back except the next Amsterdam transition. The gap changes twice in the coming twelve months, always on Amsterdam's dates — Tokyo's calendar plays no part.
- From Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 AM (Amsterdam time), when Amsterdam changes clocks: Amsterdam is 8 hours behind Tokyo.
- From Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 3:00 AM (Amsterdam time), when Amsterdam changes clocks: Amsterdam is 7 hours behind Tokyo.
Ranked by how many of the 365 scanned days each gap spends at its most common value, from Amsterdam's point of view: London 365 (it never moves), New York 344 (6 hours ahead), and Tokyo 211 (7 hours behind). The two kinds of movement are not alike. The gap to New York changes 4 times in the year yet is away from its usual value for only 21 days in total, because each departure ends as soon as the other city catches up. The gap to Tokyo changes only twice, but each change stands until the next one, so it spends 154 days away from its most common value.
Working hours that overlap
Assume a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM working day in Amsterdam and the same in each reference city. The overlap is then a plain consequence of the gap, and it changes whenever the gap does — so where a pair takes more than one gap during the year, both readings are given. As of September 2026:
- London: 7 hours — 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Amsterdam, which is 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in London.
- New York: 2 hours — 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM in Amsterdam, which is 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM in New York. When Amsterdam is 5 hours ahead of New York — the rest of the year — the overlap is 3 hours — 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM in Amsterdam, which is 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM in New York.
- Tokyo: 1 hour — 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM in Amsterdam, which is 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM in Tokyo. When Amsterdam is 8 hours behind Tokyo — the rest of the year — the overlap is none.
The 9-to-5 window is a convention, not a fact about anyone's hours. The Meeting Planner takes each participant's actual working hours and evaluates the overlap for the specific date, so a slot chosen in one season is still checked against the other side's clock in the next.
Amsterdam time — frequently asked questions
What time zone is Amsterdam in?
Amsterdam uses the IANA time zone Europe/Amsterdam. Its standard offset is UTC+1, moving to UTC+2 while daylight saving time is active.
Does Amsterdam observe daylight saving time?
Yes. The offset is UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July. As of September 2026, daylight saving is in effect and the offset is UTC+2.
When do the clocks next change in Amsterdam?
As of September 2026, the next scheduled change is: clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday, October 25, 2026 (local date), moving the offset from UTC+2 to UTC+1.
How does Amsterdam time compare with UTC, London, and New York?
As of September 2026, Amsterdam is on UTC+2 and 1 hour ahead of London and 6 hours ahead of New York. These differences shift whenever either side changes its clocks for daylight saving.
How far ahead of or behind New York is Amsterdam over the year?
As of September 2026, Amsterdam is 6 hours ahead of New York. Over the coming twelve months the difference ranges from 5 hours ahead to 6 hours ahead, changing 4 times, because both cities change their clocks, but not at the same instants. The dates of each change are listed on this page under "Amsterdam and New York".
Does a standing meeting between Amsterdam and London move during the year?
In this pairing it should not. Both Amsterdam and London change their clocks at the same instants and by the same amount, so the shifts cancel: across the scanned year the difference held 1 hour ahead at every instant. A meeting fixed at one wall-clock hour in Amsterdam therefore lands at one wall-clock hour in London all year, and vice versa.
Business-hours overlap
When it is 9:00 AM in Amsterdam (as of September 2026), it is 8:00 AM in London, 3:00 AM in New York, and 4:00 PM in Tokyo. These readings shift when any of the cities changes its clocks — the Meeting Planner computes the overlap for your exact date.
Convert a time for Amsterdam
Planning a call or a deadline? Use the Time Zone Converter to translate any date and time to or from Amsterdam — DST-correct for that exact date — or line up working hours side by side in the Meeting Planner. For the corridors people search for by abbreviation — IST to EST, IST to PST, IST to GMT and the rest — the zone-to-zone converter pages explain, pair by pair, whether the gap moves during the year and when.
Time in other major cities
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