AKST/AKDT

Alaska Standard Time

GMT -9

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AKDT is not used on this date

This converter uses AKST (GMT -9), the offset Anchorage uses on this date. Open the AKST converter.

Use this AKDT Converter page to check current local time, UTC and GMT offset, daylight saving details, related time zones, and popular time converter links.

Alaska Daylight Time

Offset: AKDT is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AKDT time zone is Anchorage in the United States, with about 291,826 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Fairbanks, Juneau, Eagle River, Badger.

AKDT Time Zone Geo Map — AKDT timezone map

Daylight Saving: Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Alaska Standard Time (AKST).

End: Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) ended on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November

Start: Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) starts on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March

AKDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

-08 - basic short
-0800 - basic
-08:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

-0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

Uniform - Military abbreviation for AKDT
U - short form of 'Uniform'

IANA/Olson: Reflects AKDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

America/Anchorage
America/Juneau
America/Metlakatla
America/Nome
America/Sitka
America/Yakutat
US/Alaska

Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:

AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
PST - Pacific Standard Time
PT - Pacific Time
PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
U - Uniform Time Zone