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Time in California, United States now

02:41:49PM

Monday, March 9, 2026

California switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 8. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:18AM ↓ 07:01PM (11h 43m) - More info - Make California time default - Add to favorite locations

UTC -7

Pacific Time (PT)
now 3 hours behind New York

From 1 November 2026: UTC -8 / Pacific Standard Time (PST)
The time in California 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 California can for a short while be 2 or 4 hours behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for California is America/Los_Angeles.

Sunday March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Sunrise: 07:18AM
Sunset: 07:01PM
Day length: 11h 43m
Solar noon: 01:09PM
The current local time in California is 69 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.