Los Angeles, United States · UTC-7
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Los Angeles is in the America/Los_Angeles timezone (PST/UTC-8 in winter, PDT/UTC-7 in summer), three hours behind New York and the clock that Hollywood runs on.
Los Angeles is three hours behind New York and eight behind London, and the entertainment industry built its entire workflow around those gaps. Scripts land on desks at 6am Pacific so New York executives can review them by 9. The last edit on a feature film might clear at midnight Pacific, which is already 8am in Europe. Hollywood runs at the edge of the American day.
Pacific Time and the vote for permanent DST
The city follows Pacific Time, sharing America/Los_Angeles with San Francisco to the north and Las Vegas to the east. Daylight saving applies each spring, pushing clocks to UTC-7 from March through November. The region’s latitude means sunrise and sunset times are relatively stable year-round compared to cities further north, which makes the DST debate feel less urgent here than in Seattle or Portland.
California has voted to stay on permanent daylight saving time. The state legislature passed a measure in 2018 but federal law requires congressional approval to change timezone observance, and that approval has not come. The clocks still change twice a year.
9am in Los Angeles is 5pm in London. That conversion is one of the most-used in global media, finance, and tech.
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Questions about time in Los Angeles
- What timezone is Los Angeles in?
- Los Angeles is in Pacific Time (PT), using the IANA timezone
America/Los_Angeles. The standard UTC offset is UTC-8 (PST) in winter and UTC-7 (PDT) during daylight saving time. - Does Los Angeles observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Los Angeles observes daylight saving time, shifting from UTC-8 (standard time) to UTC-7 in summer.
- What is the current UTC offset for Los Angeles?
- Los Angeles is currently at UTC-7. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Los Angeles and New York?
- Los Angeles is currently 3 hours behind New York.
- What is the time difference between Los Angeles and London?
- Los Angeles is currently 8 hours behind London.
- What is the time difference between Los Angeles and Tokyo?
- Los Angeles is currently 16 hours behind Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Los Angeles transitions to/from DST.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Los Angeles?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Los Angeles is
America/Los_Angeles. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/Los_Angeles' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('America/Los_Angeles')`), or any IANA-compatible library.