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What time is it in Oildale, California?

5:54:30 AM

Friday, September 25, 2026. Pacific Daylight Time, UTC−7:00.

Time zone
Pacific Daylight Time
UTC offset
UTC−7:00
Daylight saving
In force now
Population
36,135

Daylight saving in Oildale

Oildale is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Oildale sits at 35.43°N, 119.03°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Oildale.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Oildale it is highest at 12:47 pm today — 47 minutes after clock noon.

At 119.0°W, Oildale sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Daylight in Oildale today

Sunrise
6:46 am
Sunset
6:48 pm
Day length
12 hours 2 minutes
Longest day
14 hours 33 minutes

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Oildale, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 47 minutes, from 14 hours 33 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 46 minutes in December.

At 35.4°N that puts Oildale between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.