San Jose, California, United States
Current time in United States
Time zone: PDT (UTC/GMT -07:00) — America/Los_Angeles
| Standard Time Zone: Pacific Standard Time (PST) = UTC-8 Daylight Saving Time Zone: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) = UTC-7San Jose, originally Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe and officially the City of San José, is the third-largest city by population in California, the tenth-largest by population in the United States, and the county seat of Santa Clara County. San Jose is the largest city within the Bay Area and the largest city in Northern California. |
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San Jose time zone and UTC offset
Clocks in San Jose are set to PDT, 7 hours behind UTC (UTC-07:00). Software that asks for a region wants America/Los_Angeles — the IANA identifier for this zone.
This zone does shift. On Sunday, 01 November 2026 the clocks go back 1 hour and San Jose moves to PST, so anything booked across that date needs checking.
San Jose is one of 419 United States cities here, spread over 10 time zones; do not assume the rest of the country reads the same clock.
San Jose compared with major world cities
How San Jose lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | San Jose is 3 hours behind |
| London | UTC+01:00 | San Jose is 8 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | San Jose is 9 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | San Jose is 11 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | San Jose is 12 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | San Jose is 15 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | San Jose is 16 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | San Jose is 17 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | San Jose is 4 hours behind |
When San Jose and other cities overlap
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in San Jose local time.
| New York | 09:00–14:00 in San Jose | 5 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–13:00 in San Jose | 4 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with London, Paris, Dubai or Mumbai, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Cities on the same clock as San Jose
No difference at all from San Jose: the cities below share the America/Los_Angeles zone.
Los Angeles San Jose San Francisco San Francisco Seattle Las Vegas Sacramento Bakersfield
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