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Yes, Pacific Daylight Saving Time, which is used in California from mid-March until early November, and Mountain Standard Time, which is used in most of Arizona all the time, are the same; both are seven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-7).
(All of Arizona is one hour ahead of California from early November until mid-March.)
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BeauIn October, Arizona and California are typically in the same time zone, Pacific Time (PT). However, Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, so during periods when California "falls back" an hour, Arizona remains on Pacific Standard Time (PST), making them one hour apart.
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What is the time difference between Arizona and California?
Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving Time whereas California does. Therefore, Arizona is typically one hour ahead of California during Daylight Saving Time (from spring to fall) and the same time as California during Standard Time (from fall to spring).
What is so unusual about daylight savings time and standard time in Arizona?
Aside from the Navaho Nation in the northeast part of the state, Arizona does not do daylight saving time. Therefore, from November to March they are on the same time as New Mexico, but from March to November they are on the same time as California.
Will NV be on the same time zone as AZ in October 2011?
No, Nevada does not observe Daylight Saving Time, so in October 2011 it would be on Pacific Standard Time, while Arizona does not observe DST and remains on Mountain Standard Time. So in October 2011, Nevada would be one hour ahead of Arizona.
What is the time in Arizona compared with California?
Most of Texas is in the Central Time Zone. The western edge of the Central Time Zone is just west of El Paso so there may be parts of Texas in the Mountain Time Zone. Arizona is in the Mountain Time Zone, which is 1 hour behind the Central Time Zone.
What state has the same time zone as Colorado?
Arizona has the same time zone as Colorado, which is Mountain Standard Time (MST) or Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) when observing daylight saving time.
