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Permanent daylight saving time

Permanent daylight saving time in California.In Los Angeles the sun would rise after 8 AM on 0 days a year, up from 0.

The latest sunrise would move from 7:17 AM to 7:59 AM, and winter's earliest sunset from 4:43 PM to 5:43 PM. Summer stays as it is.

A year of daylight in Los Angeles: a band of blue day edged in orange and violet, stepping up and down on the two days the clocks change.

Los Angeles, on today's clocks. The latest sunrise is 7:17 AM on November 6, and the earliest sunset is 4:43 PM on December 4.

Each column is one day of 2027, with midnight at the top and bottom. A color is the sky's at that minute. A cliff is a day the clocks change. Move across the picture to read a day.
Los Angeles on each clock
MeasureToday's clocksPermanent DSTPermanent standard
Latest sunrise7:17 AM7:59 AM6:59 AM
Earliest sunrise5:41 AM5:41 AM4:41 AM
Earliest sunset4:43 PM5:43 PM4:43 PM
Latest sunset8:08 PM8:08 PM7:08 PM
Days with sunrise after 8 AM000
Days with sunrise after 9 AM000
Days with sunset before 5 PM62067
Days with sunset after 7 PM18418452
Hours of light after 5 PM on weekdays432515262

California, city by city.

CityLatest sunrise todayOn permanent DSTDays after 8 AM todayOn permanent DSTEarliest sunset todayOn permanent DSTLatest sunset on permanent standard
Los Angeles7:17 AM7:59 AM004:43 PM5:43 PM7:08 PM
San Diego7:11 AM7:52 AM004:42 PM5:42 PM7:01 PM
San Jose7:37 AM8:22 AM0774:50 PM5:50 PM7:32 PM
San Francisco7:40 AM8:25 AM0824:51 PM5:51 PM7:36 PM
Sacramento7:38 AM8:24 AM0784:45 PM5:45 PM7:34 PM
Fresno7:28 AM8:12 AM0554:43 PM5:43 PM7:22 PM
Redding7:45 AM8:33 AM0914:42 PM5:42 PM7:44 PM

Of these cities, Redding would see the latest sunrise, 8:33 AM on January 4.

Questions.

What time would the sun rise in Los Angeles in winter?

As late as 7:59 AM, on January 7. Today the latest sunrise is 7:17 AM, on November 6.

How many dark mornings would Los Angeles have?

The sun would rise after 8 AM on 0 days a year. Today it rises after 8 AM on 0 days.

What would winter evenings look like in Los Angeles?

The earliest sunset of the year would move from 4:43 PM to 5:43 PM. The sun now sets before 5 PM on 62 days a year; on permanent daylight saving time it never would.

What would permanent standard time do in Los Angeles?

Winter would stay as it is, and summer's clock would fall an hour back. The earliest sunrise would be 4:41 AM and the latest sunset 7:08 PM, instead of 5:41 AM and 8:08 PM today.

Neighbors.

Will tonight's sunset be worth seeing in Los Angeles?

Sol answers hours ahead, in one of four words, and shows where the light will be at any minute. It is free on the web, and coming soon to iPhone.

Sol's Sky tab at dusk in New York, the glow arching up from the horizon.

Figures are for calendar 2027 unless a heading says otherwise, worked out with NOAA's solar equations and the IANA time zone database (version 2026e) at each place's coordinates from GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset put the sun's center 0.833° below a flat horizon, so hills move a real place by minutes. Download the figures.