Time difference between Los Angeles and Shanghai

Updated live in your browser · IANA time zone database (America/Los_Angeles, Asia/Shanghai)

Los Angeles PDT · UTC-7

Shanghai GMT+8 · UTC+8

Difference 15 hours — Shanghai is ahead of Los Angeles

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Hours shown in Los Angeles time. The two working days never overlap: when Los Angeles is at its desk, Shanghai is asleep. Schedule at the edge of one side's day.

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Daylight saving time note

Los Angeles and Shanghai do not change their clocks on the same date. Between November 1, 2026 and March 14, 2027 the difference is 16 hours behind Shanghai — because Los Angeles changes its clocks for daylight saving time while Shanghai keeps the same time all year.

For the rest of the year the difference holds steady at 15 hours. Every time on this page is computed from the IANA database at the moment you load it, so the tables above already account for whichever side has switched.

Why the time difference exists

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