AKST to BST Converter

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AKST
Alaska Standard Time
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The United Kingdom is on standard time: GMT (UTC+0) until Sun, Mar 28, 2027.
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3:00 am03:00 AKST (UTC-9), Nov 12, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Nov 12, 2026

AKST is 9 hours behind GMT.

AKST and BST examples

These examples always use AKST (UTC-9) and BST (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

AKST is 10 hours behind BST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, AKDT is 9 hours behind BST. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, and from Nov 7, 2027 to Mar 12, 2028, AKST is 9 hours behind GMT. From Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31 to Nov 7, 2027, AKDT is 8 hours behind GMT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AKDT correspond to 6:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in BST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AKST correspond to 6:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in GMT or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AKDT correspond to 5:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in GMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AKDT correspond to 18:00 to 03:00 (next day) in BST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AKST correspond to 18:00 to 03:00 (next day) in GMT or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AKDT correspond to 17:00 to 02:00 (next day) in GMT.

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

Time Difference

Alaska Standard Time is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time.
3:00 am03:00 in AKST is 12:00 pm12:00 in GMT

AKST to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in AKST which corresponds to 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in GMT. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

3:00 am03:00 Alaska Standard Time (AKST). Offset UTC -9:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

3:00 am03:00 AKST / 12:00 pm12:00 GMT

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Alaska Standard Time

Offset: AKST is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AKST time zone is Anchorage in the United States, with about 289,600 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Fairbanks, Juneau, Knik-Fairview, Wasilla.

Map of the areas on Alaska Standard Time (AKST)
AKST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on AKST.

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT).

123456789101112Start: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) started on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

123456789101112End: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

AKST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -09 - basic short
  • -0900 - basic
  • -09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0900 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Victor - Military abbreviation for AKST
  • V - short form of 'Victor'
IANA/Olson: Reflects AKST 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 -9 offset:
  • AKST - Alaska Standard Time
  • AHDT - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
  • HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
  • GAMT - Gambier Time
  • HDT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
  • V - Victor Time Zone

British Summer Time

Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, United Kingdom

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield.

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 the two are the same. In the military, GMT is known as Zulu time. Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields, until the introduction of UTC in 1972.

Current time in the United Kingdom: UK time now

Map of the areas on British Summer Time (BST)
BST part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC+0 (GMT).

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

BST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects BST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
BST Abbreviation: Several time zones share BST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • British Summer Time - UTC +1
  • Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
  • Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time