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AKST/AKDT
Alaska Standard Time
GMT -9
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
AKDT is not used on this date
This converter uses AKST (GMT -9), the offset Anchorage uses on this date. Open the AKST converter.
YST
Yukon Standard Time
GMT -7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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AKDT and YST examples

These examples always use AKDT (UTC-8) and YST (UTC-7). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

AKDT is 1 hour behind YST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, AKDT is 1 hour behind YST. At other times of the year, AKST is 2 hours behind YST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AKDT correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in YST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AKST correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in YST.

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

Time Difference

Alaska Standard Time is 2 hours behind Yukon Standard Time
3:00 am03:00 in AKST is 5:00 am05:00 in YST

AKST to YST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm in AKST which corresponds to 11am-5pm in YST

3:00 am03:00 Alaska Standard Time (AKST). Offset UTC -9:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Yukon Standard Time (YST). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

3:00 am03:00 AKST / 5:00 am05:00 YST

AKSTYST
12am (midnight)2am
1am3am
2am4am
3am5am
4am6am
5am7am
6am8am
7am9am
8am10am
9am11am
10am12pm (noon)
11am1pm
12pm (noon)2pm
1pm3pm
2pm4pm
3pm5pm
4pm6pm
5pm7pm
6pm8pm
7pm9pm
8pm10pm
9pm11pm
10pm12am (midnight)
11pm1am
00:0002:00
01:0003:00
02:0004:00
03:0005:00
04:0006:00
05:0007:00
06:0008:00
07:0009:00
08:0010:00
09:0011:00
10:0012:00
11:0013:00
12:0014:00
13:0015:00
14:0016:00
15:0017:00
16:0018:00
17:0019:00
18:0020:00
19:0021:00
20:0022:00
21:0023:00
22:0000:00
23:0001:00

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, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Alaska Standard Time (AKST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: 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

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: 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

Yukon Standard Time

Offset: YST is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Yukon Standard Time (YST) do not change for daylight saving time, so YST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

French: HNY - Heure Normale du Yukon

YST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -07 - basic short
  • -0700 - basic
  • -07:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Tango - Military abbreviation for YST
  • T - short form of 'Tango'
Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:
  • MST - Mountain Standard Time
  • PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
  • YST - Yukon Standard Time
  • T - Tango Time Zone