Time difference between Los Angeles and Johannesburg

Johannesburg is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, the United States is UTC−8 · Johannesburg, South Africa is UTC+2 — on standard time

The gap is not the same all year

Every converter gives one number for this pair. That number is right for most of the year and wrong for part of it, because Los Angeles goes forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November and Johannesburg does not change its clocks.

Johannesburg stays put all year while Los Angeles moves, so a meeting fixed in Johannesburg's calendar shifts by an hour twice a year at Los Angeles's end.

When they can both be at their desks

Nine-to-five in Los Angeles and nine-to-five in Johannesburg do not overlap at all. With 9 hours between them, one side is always outside working hours, and the practical question is which side takes the early start or the late finish rather than when to meet.

Los Angeles to Johannesburg, hour by hour

On the usual gap of 9 hours.

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