San Jose — which one do you mean?
2 places share this name, and they are in different
timezones. Guessing would be worse than asking: a silently wrong
offset is the exact failure this site exists to prevent.
San Jose, California · United States
00:37:47
Thursday, 13 August 2026
- offset now
- UTC-07:00 (PDT)
- IANA name
- America/Los_Angeles
- codes
- SJC
open San Jose, California →
San Jose, Costa Rica · Costa Rica
01:37:47
Thursday, 13 August 2026
- offset now
- UTC-06:00 (CST)
- IANA name
- America/Costa_Rica
- codes
- SJO
open San Jose, Costa Rica →
Why the extra step
Why does San Jose not go straight to a time zone?
Because there is more than one, and they are in different zones: San Jose, California is on PDT (UTC-07:00); San Jose, Costa Rica is on CST (UTC-06:00). Guessing would be worse than asking — a silently wrong offset is the failure mode this whole site exists to prevent.