🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Current local time in Santa Cruz
--:--America/Los_Angeles · PDT · UTC-07:00
7h behind your local time.
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles (PDT)
UTC offset
UTC-07:00
Daylight saving
Currently observing DST · changes 1 Nov 2026, 01:00 to UTC-08:00
Daylight
06:46 19:22 12h 37m
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Santa Cruz time — frequently asked questions
- What time zone is Santa Cruz in?
- Santa Cruz uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone, currently PDT (UTC-07:00).
- Does Santa Cruz observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Santa Cruz is currently on daylight saving time and the clocks change next on 1 November 2026.
- What is the time difference between Santa Cruz and UTC?
- Santa Cruz is UTC-07:00, so local time is -07:00 hours from Coordinated Universal Time.
Times shown are calculated from your device clock and the IANA time zone database.