AKST: Alaska Time
Alaska Standard Time (AKST)
What's current local time now in AKST?
In Summer: Alaska Daylight Time ( AKDT )
Alaska Time Zone - USA & Canada
Alaska Time Zone covers the mainland of the US State of Alaska. It does not operate in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
What is the current local time now in Alaska Time Zone?
Alaska Time
Clock showing current local time now in USA Alaska Time Zone
USA & Canada clocks
Daylight Saving Time dates 2016
Sunday 13 March 2016 2am local time
until Sunday 6 November 2016 2am local time
see:
Daylight-Saving-Time.com
for details
USA and Canada Standard Time Date schedules here
Alaska Time - USA + Canada
Alaska Standard Time
(
AKST
)
=
GMT-9
Alaska Daylight Time
(
AKDT
) =
GMT-8
What time zone is Alaska Standard Time in?
Most of Alaska is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-9). Almost all of Alaska is in the Alaska Time Zone. The western most Aleutian islands and St. Lawrence island are on Hawaii-Aleutian Time, which are 10 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-10) and where Daylight-Saving Time is not observed
When does Alaska Time change to Daylight Saving Time?
Like most states in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time is observed in Alaska, where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour, resulting in an 8 hours difference behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-8).
After the Summer months the time is shifted back by 1 hour resulting in the normal 9 hours difference behind GMT.
The schedule for the states of the United States that adopt daylight saving time are:
2 a.m. on the Second Sunday in March to2 a.m. on the First Sunday of November.
Yukon Standard Time
Since 1983: Any reference to Yukon standard time in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be held and considered to be a reference to Alaska standard time.