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Current time in San Francisco
02:45:43
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
San Francisco time zone
- IANA time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Current offset
- UTC-7 from UTC
- Daylight saving time
- Observed. San Francisco uses UTC-8 in winter and UTC-7 during daylight saving time.
- Coordinates
- 37.7749°, -122.4194°
- Population
- 870K
Time difference from San Francisco
- London is 8 hours ahead of San Francisco.
- New York is 3 hours ahead of San Francisco.
- Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of San Francisco.
About San Francisco's time zone
California has kept Pacific Time since the same 1883 railroad standardisation that created Eastern Time on the other coast, formalised nationally by the Standard Time Act of 1918. It has followed the current March-to-November DST window since the Energy Policy Act of 2005 took effect in 2007.
Frequently asked questions
- What time zone is San Francisco in?
- San Francisco uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone, currently UTC-7 from UTC.
- Does San Francisco observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. San Francisco uses UTC-8 in winter and switches to UTC-7 during daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between San Francisco and other major cities?
- London is 8 hours ahead of San Francisco; New York is 3 hours ahead of San Francisco; Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of San Francisco.