The 9:30 New York open in eight cities: US summer clock against US winter clock, 2026
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-04, from US Market Hours and Daylight Saving Time.
| city | local_open_us_summer | local_open_us_winter | hours_ahead_us_summer | hours_ahead_us_winter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sao Paulo | 10:30 | 11:30 | 1 | 2 |
| London | 14:30 | 14:30 | 5 | 5 |
| Frankfurt | 15:30 | 15:30 | 6 | 6 |
| Dubai | 17:30 | 18:30 | 8 | 9 |
| Mumbai | 19:00 | 20:00 | 9.5 | 10.5 |
| Singapore | 21:30 | 22:30 | 12 | 13 |
| Tokyo | 22:30 | 23:30 | 13 | 14 |
| Sydney | 23:30 | 01:30 | 14 | 16 |
- Rows × columns
- 8 × 5
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
city |
text | 8 distinct values (Dubai, Frankfurt, London…) | |
local_open_us_summer |
text | 8 distinct values (10:30, 14:30, 15:30…) | |
local_open_us_winter |
text | 8 distinct values (01:30, 11:30, 14:30…) | |
hours_ahead_us_summer |
number | 1 to 14 | |
hours_ahead_us_winter |
number | 2 to 16 |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH anchors AS (
SELECT maxIf(window_start, toMonth(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) = 6) AS summer,
maxIf(window_start, toMonth(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) = 1) AS winter
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND toYear(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) = 2026
AND toMonth(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) IN (1, 6)
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) = 570
),
local_opens AS (
SELECT arrayJoin([
('Sao Paulo', toHour(toTimeZone(summer, 'America/Sao_Paulo')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(summer, 'America/Sao_Paulo')), toHour(toTimeZone(winter, 'America/Sao_Paulo')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(winter, 'America/Sao_Paulo'))),
('London', toHour(toTimeZone(summer, 'Europe/London')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(summer, 'Europe/London')), toHour(toTimeZone(winter, 'Europe/London')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(winter, 'Europe/London'))),
('Frankfurt', toHour(toTimeZone(summer, 'Europe/Berlin')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(summer, 'Europe/Berlin')), toHour(toTimeZone(winter, 'Europe/Berlin')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(winter, 'Europe/Berlin'))),
('Dubai', toHour(toTimeZone(summer, 'Asia/Dubai')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(summer, 'Asia/Dubai')), toHour(toTimeZone(winter, 'Asia/Dubai')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(winter, 'Asia/Dubai'))),
('Mumbai', toHour(toTimeZone(summer, 'Asia/Kolkata')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(summer, 'Asia/Kolkata')), toHour(toTimeZone(winter, 'Asia/Kolkata')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(winter, 'Asia/Kolkata'))),
('Singapore', toHour(toTimeZone(summer, 'Asia/Singapore')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(summer, 'Asia/Singapore')), toHour(toTimeZone(winter, 'Asia/Singapore')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(winter, 'Asia/Singapore'))),
('Tokyo', toHour(toTimeZone(summer, 'Asia/Tokyo')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(summer, 'Asia/Tokyo')), toHour(toTimeZone(winter, 'Asia/Tokyo')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(winter, 'Asia/Tokyo'))),
('Sydney', toHour(toTimeZone(summer, 'Australia/Sydney')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(summer, 'Australia/Sydney')), toHour(toTimeZone(winter, 'Australia/Sydney')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(winter, 'Australia/Sydney')))
]) AS city_open
FROM anchors
)
SELECT tupleElement(city_open, 1) AS city,
formatDateTime(toDateTime(tupleElement(city_open, 2) * 60, 'UTC'), '%H:%i') AS local_open_us_summer,
formatDateTime(toDateTime(tupleElement(city_open, 3) * 60, 'UTC'), '%H:%i') AS local_open_us_winter,
round(((tupleElement(city_open, 2) + 1440 - 570) % 1440) / 60, 1) AS hours_ahead_us_summer,
round(((tupleElement(city_open, 3) + 1440 - 570) % 1440) / 60, 1) AS hours_ahead_us_winter
FROM local_opens
ORDER BY hours_ahead_us_summer
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