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AKDT to GMT Converter

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AKDT
Alaska Daylight Time
GMT -8
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GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
GMT +0
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The United Kingdom is on summer time: BST (UTC+1) until Sun, Oct 25.

Iceland and Ghana stay on GMT (UTC+0).

Iceland, Ghana · GMT all year (UTC+0)United Kingdom · BST (UTC+1)

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4:00 am04:00 AKDT (UTC-8), Oct 5, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Oct 5, 2026

AKDT is 8 hours behind GMT.

AKDT and GMT examples

These examples always use AKDT (UTC-8) and GMT (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

AKDT is 8 hours behind GMT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, AKDT is 8 hours behind GMT. At other times of the year, AKST is 9 hours behind GMT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AKDT correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in GMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AKST correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in GMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in AKDT correspond to 17:00 to 01:00 (next day) in GMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in AKST correspond to 18:00 to 02:00 (next day) in GMT.

Compare AKDT time with GMT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Alaska Daylight Time is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time.
4:00 am04:00 in AKDT is 12:00 pm12:00 in GMT

AKDT to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in AKDT which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm16:30-17:30 in GMT

4:00 am04:00 Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

4:00 am04:00 AKDT / 12:00 pm12:00 GMT

AKDTGMT
12:00am8:00am
1:00am9:00am
2:00am10:00am
3:00am11:00am
4:00am12:00pm
5:00am1:00pm
6:00am2:00pm
7:00am3:00pm
8:00am4:00pm
9:00am5:00pm
10:00am6:00pm
11:00am7:00pm
12:00pm8:00pm
1:00pm9:00pm
2:00pm10:00pm
3:00pm11:00pm
4:00pm12:00am
5:00pm1:00am
6:00pm2:00am
7:00pm3:00am
8:00pm4:00am
9:00pm5:00am
10:00pm6:00am
11:00pm7:00am
00:0008:00
01:0009:00
02:0010:00
03:0011:00
04:0012:00
05:0013:00
06:0014:00
07:0015:00
08:0016:00
09:0017:00
10:0018:00
11:0019:00
12:0020:00
13:0021:00
14:0022:00
15:0023:00
16:0000:00
17:0001:00
18:0002:00
19:0003:00
20:0004:00
21:0005:00
22:0006:00
23:0007:00

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 289,600 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. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Alaska Standard Time (AKST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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

Greenwich Mean Time

Offset: GMT is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Britain (UK), Guernsey, Ghana, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Dakar, Kumasi.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.

GMT Time Zone Geo Map
GMT timezone map

GMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects GMT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Abidjan
  • Africa/Accra
  • Africa/Bamako
  • Africa/Banjul
  • Africa/Bissau
  • Africa/Conakry
  • Africa/Dakar
  • Africa/Freetown
  • Africa/Lome
  • Africa/Monrovia
  • Africa/Nouakchott
  • Africa/Ouagadougou
  • Africa/Sao_Tome
  • Africa/Timbuktu
  • America/Danmarkshavn
  • Atlantic/Reykjavik
  • Atlantic/St_Helena
  • Eire
  • Etc/GMT
  • Etc/GMT+0
  • Etc/GMT-0
  • Etc/GMT0
  • Etc/Greenwich
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Dublin
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
  • GMT
  • GMT+0
  • GMT-0
  • GMT0
  • Greenwich
  • Iceland
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT