Current Time in California

California Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time (DST) Rules

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Current daylight saving dates for USA

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STANDARD TIME

Standard Time began: Sunday 4 November 2018 02:00 local time. Clocks went back one hour.
Standard Time ends: Sunday 10 March 2019 02:00 local time. Clocks go forward one hour.

USA and Canada past and future DST schedules here

Daylight Saving 2018

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 ).

Does California observe Daylight Saving Time?

Like most states in the USA, Daylight-Saving Time ( DST) is observed in California , where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour to Pacific Daylight Time ( PDT ); which is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT-7 ).

After the Summer months the time in California is shifted back by 1 hour to US Pacific Standard Time (PST) or (GMT-8)