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Alaska Time (AKST/AKDT)

AnchorageRepresentative city Night
AKSTAlaska Standard Time
Friday, November 6 

Daylight saving

Clocks go forward on Mar 14
STANDARDNOWAKST -09:00Nov 1 – Mar 14 (2027)
DAYLIGHTAKDT -08:00Mar 14 – Nov 7 (2027)
AKSTAKDTAKST
TODAY
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Time of day

Anchorage
Night
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NightDawn / duskDaytime

About Alaska Time

Alaska Time follows the local rules of the places below. The abbreviation and UTC offset update when their clocks change.

Representative time zone: America/Anchorage. Currently Alaska Standard Time (AKST), UTC −09:00.

Used in the United States.

Current abbreviation details

Local time-zone rules

6 IANA zones
America/AnchorageAKST · UTC −09:00
America/JuneauAKST · UTC −09:00
America/MetlakatlaAKST · UTC −09:00
America/NomeAKST · UTC −09:00
America/SitkaAKST · UTC −09:00
America/YakutatAKST · UTC −09:00

Places using Alaska Time

6 places