New York – San Francisco: the working hours you share
San Francisco is 3 hours behind New York. On a 09:00–18:00 working day they share 6 hours: 12:00–18:00 in New York, 09:00–15:00 in San Francisco.
- Difference−3 h
- Shared working hours6 h
The two days, side by side
Each row is one city's day in its own clock, from New York's midnight. The marked band is the working hour both of them are inside.
shared working hour at work awake asleep
Best times to meet
One-hour windows, ranked by how well they fit both working days.
| New York | San Francisco | Window |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 at work | 09:00 at work | shared working hour |
| 14:00 at work | 11:00 at work | shared working hour |
| 16:00 at work | 13:00 at work | shared working hour |
Through the year: what daylight saving does
The difference between New York and San Francisco is 3 hours on every day of the next twelve months — neither side's clock change moves it.
The board opens with both cities already added. Change either side's working hours and the answer follows.
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How this page is calculated
Offsets and daylight-saving rules come from the IANA time zone database through the standard Intl API — the same source the board uses, so nothing here is a hand-written offset table. Working hours are 09:00–18:00 local on both sides unless you change them on the board. City names and coordinates: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
Computed on August 28, 2026 · America/New_York · America/Los_Angeles · About