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AKST
Alaska Standard Time
GMT -9
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Hawaii, USA
HST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

For most of the year, AKDT is 2 hours ahead of Honolulu. During seasonal clock changes, AKST is 1 hour ahead of Honolulu.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AKDT correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in Honolulu. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AKST correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in Honolulu.

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

Time Difference

Alaska Standard Time is 1 hour ahead of HST (Hawaii Standard Time)
3:00 am03:00 in AKST is 2:00 am02:00 in Honolulu, HI, USA

AKST to Honolulu call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm in AKST which corresponds to 9am-4pm in Honolulu

3:00 am03:00 Alaska Standard Time (AKST). Offset UTC -9:00 hours
2:00 am02:00 HST (Hawaii Standard Time) (Honolulu, HI, USA). Offset UTC -10:00 hours

3:00 am03:00 AKST / 2:00 am02:00 Honolulu, HI, USA

AKSTHonolulu, HI, USA
12am (midnight)11pm
1am12am (midnight)
2am1am
3am2am
4am3am
5am4am
6am5am
7am6am
8am7am
9am8am
10am9am
11am10am
12pm (noon)11am
1pm12pm (noon)
2pm1pm
3pm2pm
4pm3pm
5pm4pm
6pm5pm
7pm6pm
8pm7pm
9pm8pm
10pm9pm
11pm10pm
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06:0005:00
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Alaska Standard Time

Offset: AKST is 9 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 AKST 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.

AKST Time Zone Geo Map
AKST timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) started 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) ends 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

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 Daylight Time
  • V - Victor Time Zone

Honolulu Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
HST - Hawaii Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-10:00 hours during Hawaii Standard Time, currently in use.

Honolulu Facts

Country
USA
State
Hawaii
Alternative Names
Anorourou, Chonoloulou, Gana-Rura, Gana-ruru, Ganalulu, Ganaruro, Ganaruru, Gonolulu, HNL, Hana-Rura, Hana-Ruru, Hana-ruru, Honoloulou, Honolulu, Honolulú, Honolúlú, Honoruru, Khonolulu, Than-hiong-san, Thàn-hiông-sân, hanalulu, hanululu, honalulu, honollullu, honolulu, honoruru, hwnwlwlw, tan xiang shan, Χονολουλού, Ганалулу, Гонолулу, Хонолулу, Һонолулу, Հոնոլուլու, האנאלולו, הונולולו, هونولولو, ہwnwlwlw ہwayy, ہونولولو, ہونولولو، ہوائی, हानलूलू, होनालुलु, होनोलुलु, होनोलूलू, হনলুলু, হনুলুলু, ହନଲୁଲୁ, ஹொனலுலு, ಹೊನೊಲುಲು, โฮโนลูลู, ཧོ་ནོ་ལུ་ལུ།, ဟိုနိုလူလူမြို့, ჰონოლულუ, ሆኖሉሉ, ホノルル, 檀香山, 호놀룰루
Population
371,657
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
21° 18' N Latitude / 157° 51' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1