Time in California, United States (2024)

FAQs

Does California have two time zones? ›

California Is in the Pacific Time Zone

California shares its time zone and DST schedule with bordering states Oregon and Nevada. Meanwhile, most of Arizona, which also shares a border with California, is on Mountain Standard Time (MST) all year.

Time Zone Difference: New York operates in the Eastern Time Zone, which is three hours ahead of California's Pacific Time. When it's 12:00 PM in California, it's already 3:00 PM in New York.

In UTC-8: Pacific Standard Time (PST). It covers the western region of the country: California, Washington, part of Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho. This time zone also covers part of Mexico and Canada.

GMT is 7 hours ahead of Los Angeles, California.

To schedule a conference call or plan a meeting at the best time for both parties, you should try between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM your time in Los Angeles, CA. That will end up being between 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM in GMT.

The center of the Texas (TX) is 2 hours ahead of California (CA).

Places like Hawaii (GMT-10) or Alaska (GMT-9 during standard time, GMT-8 during daylight saving time) will be behind California.

No country, or part of a country, is 24 hours ahead of any part of the contiguous 48 states of the U.S. However, there are places that are 24 hours ahead of American Samoa (UTC-11) and Hawaii (UTC-10). Places that are 24 hours ahead of American Samoa are…

These distances mean that even though California is one time zone, it's not really the same time wherever you are in California.

Pacific Standard Time (The Pacific time zone that includes California and other west coast states)

Nevada, the state famous for casinos, dazzling lights, and, believe it or not, being one hour ahead of California. So, if you're itching to be an hour ahead of your Californian friends (who are probably just waking up with a smoothie in hand), pack your bags and head to Nevada!

What country is a day behind the US? ›

Accordingly, Samoa, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu, and New Zealand's Kermadec Islands and Chatham Islands are all west of the IDL and have the same date. American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Niue, and French Polynesia are east of the IDL and one day behind.

California is bounded by the U.S. state of Oregon to the north, by the states of Nevada and Arizona to the east, by the Mexican state of Baja California to the south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west.

Nepal and a part of Russia are officially 12 hours ahead of you. Parts of China would be too, but the government has the whole country following Beijing time. That means that those in the west start at times that would be considered afternoon in Beijing, but are actually morning there.

Alaska is the largest state in the country, so it only stands to reason that it is in two time zones.

Yes, California law requires that employers pay overtime, whether authorized or not, at the rate of one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of eight up to and including 12 hours in any workday, and for the first eight hours of work on the seventh consecutive day of work ...

The dates and times listed in your account can refer to Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), depending on the time of year. PST and PDT are one hour apart. It's not possible to change the time zone of a serving account.