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Time in Ridgecrest, California, United States now

18:54:51

Wednesday 4 March 2026, week 10

Ridgecrest switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday 8 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:16 ↓ 17:49 (11h 33m) - More info - Make Ridgecrest time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Ridgecrest

UTC -8

Pacific Time (PT)
now 3 hours behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -7 / Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
The time in Ridgecrest is normally 3 hours behind 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 Ridgecrest can for a short while be 2 or 4 hours behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Ridgecrest is America/Los_Angeles.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -8 / Pacific Standard Time (PST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -7 / Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Time difference
from Ridgecrest

Los Angeles	0
Chicago	+2 hours
New York	+3 hours
Toronto	+3 hours
São Paulo	+5 hours
London	+8 hours
UTC	+8 hours
Lagos	+9 hours
Paris	+9 hours
Zurich	+9 hours
Cairo	+10 hours
Johannesburg	+10 hours
Istanbul	+11 hours
Moscow	+11 hours
Dubai	+12 hours
Mumbai	+13.5 hours
Hong Kong	+16 hours
Shanghai	+16 hours
Singapore	+16 hours
Tokyo	+17 hours
Sydney	+19 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Ridgecrest

Sunrise: 06:16
Sunset: 17:49
Day length: 11h 33m
Solar noon: 12:02
The current local time in Ridgecrest is 2 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Ridgecrest on the map

Location: California, United States
Latitude: 35.622. Longitude: -117.671
Population: 29,000
Elevation: 698 m

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#1 Beanster's Espresso - Vegetarian options food
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#3 Roaming Dog Kitchen - American and fast food

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