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Time in Sacramento, California, United States now

03:18:01

Thursday, March 5, 2026, week 10

Sacramento switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, March 8. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:32 ↓ 18:03 (11h 32m) - More info - Make Sacramento time default - Add to favorite locations

UTC -8

Pacific Time (PT)
now 3 hours behind New York

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

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Sunrise: 06:32
Sunset: 18:03
Day length: 11h 32m
Solar noon: 12:17
The current local time in Sacramento is 17 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.