What is the time difference between New York and Los Angeles?
Los Angeles is 3 hours behind New York today. New York is on UTC−4, Los Angeles on UTC−7. The difference is the same all year.
New York to Los Angeles: time difference and best time to meet
Los Angeles is 3 hours behind New York right now.
When it is 9:00 AM in New York, it is 6:00 AM in Los Angeles. The green band on each scale is the working day, 9 AM to 6 PM. Drag a scale until both bands sit on the red line.
Hours that work for both
Both cities are inside a 9-to-6 working day 12:00 PM–6:00 PM in New York (9:00 AM–3:00 PM in Los Angeles) — 6 hours in total.
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both at work both awake
When the difference changes
The difference between New York and Los Angeles is 3 hours all year: neither changes its clocks, or both change them on the same day.
Questions
What is the best time for a call between New York and Los Angeles?
During working hours for both: 12:00 PM–6:00 PM in New York (9:00 AM–3:00 PM in Los Angeles). That is 6 hours of shared working time.
When it is 9:00 AM in New York, what time is it in Los Angeles?
6:00 AM. And when it is 9:00 AM in Los Angeles, it is 12:00 PM in New York.
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