Alaska Time Zone

Current time now in Alaska, USA

Time zones and Daylight Saving Time (DST) rules

Current Alaska Time

Time Zones: America Anchorage (Alaska Time) · America Adak (Hawaii-Aleutian Time)

Almost all of Alaska is in the Alaska Time Zone. Alaska Standard Time is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-9).

The westernmost Aleutian Islands and St. Lawrence Island are on Hawaii-Aleutian Time, which is 10 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-10).

Does Alaska observe 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.

Choose a city in Alaska to view the time:

• Anchorage
• Fairbanks
• Juneau
• Nome
• Ketchikan
• Kodiak
• Bethel
• Cordova
• Dillingham
• Homer
• Kenai
• Kotzebue