AKST to PST Converter

Time Difference

Alaska Standard Time is 1 hours behind of Pacific Standard Time
So 7:00 pm19:00 in AKST is 8:00 pm20:00 in PST

7:00 pm19:00 Alaska Standard Time (AKST). Offset UTC -9:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST). Offset UTC -8:00 hours

7:00 pm19:00 AKST / 8:00 pm20:00 PST

Alaska Standard Time

Offset: AKST is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AKST timezone is Anchorage from USA with population about 291826 people. Other major cities in the area are Fairbanks, Juneau, Eagle River, Badger

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT).

Start: AKST starts annually on the same date and time. and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, November 3, 2019, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

End: AKST ends annually on the same date and time. and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

AKST representations, usage and related time zones

• -09 - basic short
• -0900 - basic
• -09:00 - extended

• -0900 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates nine hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

• Victor - Military abbreviation for AKST
• V - short form of 'Victor'

• 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
• YST - Yukon Standard Time
• GAMT - Gambier Time
• HDT - Hawaii Daylight Time
• V - Victor Time Zone
• -09 -

Pacific Standard Time

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

Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Start: PST starts annually on the same date and time. and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, November 3, 2019, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

End: PST ends annually on the same date and time. and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PST representations, usage and related time zones

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

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

• Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
• U - short form of 'Uniform'

• America/Dawson
• America/Ensenada
• America/Los_Angeles
• America/Santa_Isabel
• America/Tijuana
• America/Vancouver
• America/Whitehorse
• Canada/Pacific
• Canada/Yukon
• Mexico/BajaNorte
• PST8PDT
• US/Pacific
• US/Pacific-New

PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones

• Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
• Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8

Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:

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