what is the california time zone
USA and Canada past and future DST schedules here. 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 ). 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 ).