California is in the Pacific Time Zone in the United States of America (USA). US Pacific Standard Time (PST) is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time(GMT-8). The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−08:00). During daylight saving time, a time offset of UTC−07:00 is used.
California Local Time Details
Time Zone
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Pacific Standard Time – is abbreviated as PST Pacific Daylight Time – is abbreviated as PDT |
UTC – GMT
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California is GMT/UTC – 8h during Standard Time California is GMT/UTC – 7h during Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight Saving
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California does utilize Daylight Saving Time. |
Daylight Saving
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California started Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, March 10, 2019, at 2:00 AM local time. |
Daylight Saving
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California ends Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, November 3, 2019, at 2:00 AM local time. |