Time in Lake Forest

Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC-8)

Current local time: 17:19

Next DST change: 2027-03-15 - UTC-7.

Current local time in Lake Forest: · 10 Nov 2026

Lake Forest time zone

Time zone
PST · UTC-8standard time

14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to PDT (UTC-7) - in 124 days

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Green shows daylight saving time. Dark marker: today.

United States has 8 distinct time zone rule groups. Lake Forest uses Pacific Standard Time.

  • EST · UTC-5New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and moreUses daylight saving time
  • CST · UTC-6Illinois, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and moreUses daylight saving time
  • MST · UTC-7Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah and moreUses daylight saving time
  • MST · UTC-7ArizonaNo daylight saving time
  • PST · UTC-8California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, IdahoUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-9 · UTC-9AlaskaUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-10 · UTC-10America/AdakUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-10 · UTC-10HawaiiNo daylight saving time

Zones with matching offsets and clock changes over the next year are grouped together.

Time difference from Lake Forest

Time difference
Current local times and work-hour overlap with Lake Forest
CityLocal timeDifferenceWorking hoursPlanner
London+1 day8 h aheadCompare Lake Forest and London
New York3 h aheadCompare Lake Forest and New York
Los AngelesSame timeCompare Lake Forest and Los Angeles
Berlin+1 day9 h aheadCompare Lake Forest and Berlin
Dubai+1 day12 h aheadCompare Lake Forest and Dubai
New Delhi+1 day13 h 30 min aheadCompare Lake Forest and New Delhi
Singapore+1 day16 h aheadCompare Lake Forest and Singapore
Tokyo+1 day17 h aheadCompare Lake Forest and Tokyo
Sydney+1 day19 h aheadCompare Lake Forest and Sydney
Copenhagen+1 day9 h aheadCompare Lake Forest and Copenhagen

Sun in Lake Forest today

Daylight
06:1810h 33m16:50

10h 33m today - 3h 51m less than the longest day and 0h 38m more than the shortest day.

Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.

Public holidays in California

Holidays

  1. Veterans Day

    Wednesday · in 1 days

    National

  2. Thanksgiving Day

    Thursday · in 16 days

    National

  3. Day after Thanksgiving Day

    Friday · in 17 days

    CAlong weekend

  4. Christmas Day

    Friday · in 45 days

    Nationallong weekend

  5. New Year’s Day

    Friday · in 52 days

    Nationallong weekend

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is Lake Forest in?
Lake Forest uses America/Los_Angeles: PST (UTC-8).
02Does Lake Forest have daylight saving time?
14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to PDT (UTC-7) - in 124 days
03What is the time difference between Lake Forest and London?
Lake Forest is 8 h behind relative to London right now.
04What is a good time to call Lake Forest from New York?
A shared working-hours option: 16:00-17:00 in New York = 13:00-14:00 in Lake Forest.

Time zones: IANA via Intl. Holidays: date-holidays. Sun calculations: SunCalc. City data: GeoNames. Airport data: OurAirports.

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is Lake Forest in?
Lake Forest is in Pacific Standard Time (PST/PDT), America/Los_Angeles. Standard time is UTC-8.
02Does Lake Forest use daylight saving time?
Yes. Lake Forest changes between UTC-8 and UTC-7 during the year.
03What is the time difference between Lake Forest and UTC?
Lake Forest is UTC-8 in standard time and UTC-7 during daylight saving time.