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Shift Overlap

San Francisco and London working-hours overlap

On Monday, 28 September 2026, San Francisco is 8 hours behind London — UTC-07:00 against UTC+01:00. They share no working hours that day at all: San Francisco works 16:00–00:00 UTC and London works 08:00–16:00 UTC, and those two windows do not meet. San Francisco changes clocks on Sunday, 1 November 2026, and the gap between them goes from 7 hours to 8 hours. London changes clocks on Sunday, 25 October 2026, and the gap between them goes from 8 hours to 7 hours.

Every figure on this page describes Monday, 28 September 2026 — a fixed day, not the day you are reading it. Working hours are 09:00–17:00 local time for both cities; change either, or pick another date, in the overlap calculator.

Shared working hours

No shared working hours on this date.

On this date the two working days do not meet. Widening one side’s hours or choosing another date is what changes it; the table below shows the months where the two working days do meet.

Each city's working day

CityLocal hoursIn UTCOffsetNext clock change
San Francisco09:00–17:0016:00–00:00 UTCUTC-07:00UTC-07:00 → UTC-08:00, 1 Nov 2026
London09:00–17:0008:00–16:00 UTCUTC+01:00UTC+01:00 → UTC+00:00, 25 Oct 2026

How the shared window moves through the year

San Francisco and London change clocks on different dates, so the gap between them moves twice a year. Each row is the same pair of working days, sampled once a month, so the window's size and position follow the clock changes described above.

MonthShared windowLength
2026-10No shared hours—
2026-11No shared hours—
2026-12No shared hours—
2027-01No shared hours—
2027-02No shared hours—
2027-0316:00–17:00 UTC1 hour
2027-04No shared hours—
2027-05No shared hours—
2027-06No shared hours—
2027-07No shared hours—
2027-08No shared hours—
2027-09No shared hours—

Questions

Is there any time San Francisco and London are both at work?
Not on Monday, 28 September 2026. San Francisco works 16:00–00:00 UTC and London works 08:00–16:00 UTC, and those windows do not overlap. Widening one side's hours or choosing another date is what changes that.
How far apart are San Francisco and London?
On Monday, 28 September 2026, San Francisco is 8 hours behind London — UTC-07:00 against UTC+01:00. San Francisco changes clocks on Sunday, 1 November 2026, and the gap between them goes from 7 hours to 8 hours. London changes clocks on Sunday, 25 October 2026, and the gap between them goes from 8 hours to 7 hours.
Does the overlap between San Francisco and London change through the year?
The shared window is 16:00–17:00 UTC in the 1 of the twelve months from Monday, 28 September 2026 that have one; 11 have no shared window at all.

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