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Time in California, United States now

08:57:39

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

Norwegian Constitution Day / International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

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: 05:48
Sunset: 20:03
Day length: 14h 14m
Solar noon: 12:55
The current local time in California is 55 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

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