Los Angeles to New York Time Converter
United States (UTC-7:00) → United States (UTC-4:00)
Los Angeles
08:05:15 AM
Sat, May 2, 2026
UTC-7
3 hours ahead
New York
11:05:15 AM
Sat, May 2, 2026
UTC-4
Time Difference
- Los Angeles offset
- UTC-7:00
- New York offset
- UTC-4:00
- Difference
- 3 hours ahead
- Best overlap
- 9 AM–1 PM / 12 PM–4 PM
Time Comparison
Los AngelesUnited States8:05 AM
New YorkUnited States11:05 AM
12am
1am
2am
3am
4am
5am
6am
7am
NOW8am
9am
10am
11am
12pm
1pm
2pm
3pm
4pm
5pm
6pm
7pm
8pm
9pm
10pm
11pm
MAY 23am
4am
5am
6am
7am
8am
9am
10am
11am
12pm
1pm
2pm
3pm
4pm
5pm
6pm
7pm
8pm
9pm
10pm
11pm
MAY 312am+1d
1am+1d
2am+1d
BusinessMorning/EveningDawn/DuskNight
24-Hour Conversion Table
Based on standard time (Jan 15 reference). Actual times may differ during DST transitions.
| Los Angeles | New York |
|---|---|
| 5:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 11:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 12:00 AM+1 day |
| 10:00 PM | 1:00 AM+1 day |
| 11:00 PM | 2:00 AM+1 day |
| 12:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 11:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 1:00 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 2:00 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
Highlighted rows indicate business hours (9 AM–5 PM) in Los Angeles.
About Los Angeles Timezone
- City
- Los Angeles
- Country
- United States
- IANA timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- UTC offset
- UTC-7:00
- Observes DST
- Yes
- Population
- 3,979,576
About New York Timezone
- City
- New York
- Country
- United States
- IANA timezone
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- UTC-4:00
- Observes DST
- Yes
- Population
- 8,336,817
Did You Know? — Los Angeles & New York
Time Zone Facts: Los Angeles
- •Los Angeles uses Pacific Time — PST (UTC-8) in winter and PDT (UTC-7) in summer — and is consistently 3 hours behind New York, making it the last major US financial timezone to open.
- •The Hollywood entertainment industry and Silicon Valley tech sector both headquartered on the US West Coast have made LA and the Bay Area the informal standard for 'Pacific business hours' globally.
- •At 34.1°N, Los Angeles has mild daylight variation: about 9.9 hours in December and 14.4 hours in June — much less seasonal swing than cities at higher latitudes.
Time Zone Facts: New York
- •New York City operates on EST (UTC-5) in winter and EDT (UTC-4) during Daylight Saving Time, which the US observes from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.
- •The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street opens at 9:30 AM ET and closes at 4:00 PM ET — its trading hours set the pace for global equity markets each business day.
- •At 40.7°N latitude, New York sees dramatic daylight swings: just under 9 hours of daylight in late December and over 15 hours in late June.
Frequently Asked Questions
New York is 3 hours ahead Los Angeles. Los Angeles is at UTC-7:00 and New York is at UTC-4:00.
New York is 3 hours ahead Los Angeles.
Los Angeles is in the America/Los_Angeles timezone, currently at UTC-7:00.
New York is in the America/New_York timezone, currently at UTC-4:00.
Yes, Los Angeles (United States) observes Daylight Saving Time. The UTC offset changes seasonally.
Yes, New York (United States) observes Daylight Saving Time. The UTC offset changes seasonally.
tzConverterPair.faqCityA5overlap
When converting times across different timezones, some hours cross midnight and land on the next or previous calendar date. The '+1 day' and '−1 day' labels in the table mark these date-boundary crossings — always check the day indicator when booking cross-timezone events. Your best overlap window is around 9 AM–1 PM / 12 PM–4 PM.
When it is midnight (00:00) in Los Angeles, it is 8:00 PM in New York.
Yes — with a 3 hours ahead time difference, Los Angeles and New York can be on different calendar dates. When it is late evening in one city, it may already be the next day in the other.
In any calendar app, create the event in the host timezone (Los Angeles) and invite New York participants — the app auto-displays the converted local time for each attendee. With business-hours overlap around 9 AM–1 PM / 12 PM–4 PM, recurring sync meetings can be scheduled without either side joining outside normal working hours.
To convert Los Angeles time to New York time, add 3 hours ahead. For example, 9:00 AM in Los Angeles is 5:00 AM in New York. Use the 24-hour conversion table above for any hour of the day.
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