United States
Time now in California
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Sunrise 07:01Sunset 06:30Time zone UTC −7
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
UTC offset
UTC −7
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
39,431,263
Sunrise
07:01
Sunset
06:30
Day length
11h 30m
Coordinates
37.25, -119.75
Time difference from California
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) California right now.
California on the map
About the time in California
California is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −7 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 1 November 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
California runs on America/Los_Angeles, which puts the city UTC −7 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
The zone identifier America/Los_Angeles is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Los_Angeles keeps pointing at Los Angeles time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Frequently asked questions about time in California
- Which time zone is California in?
- California uses America/Los_Angeles, currently UTC −7.
- When do the sun rise and set in California today?
- Sunrise is at 07:01 and sunset at 06:30, giving 11h 30m of daylight.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is California?
- California is UTC −7 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in California right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in California, updating every second from America/Los_Angeles (UTC −7).
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