AKST to PT Converter
Alaska Time is on daylight saving time: AKDT (UTC−8) until Sun, Nov 1.
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4:00 am04:00 AKDT (UTC-8), Oct 8, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 8, 2026
AKDT is 1 hour behind PDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, AKDT is 1 hour behind PT. At other times of the year, AKST is 1 hour behind PT. Briefly around clock changes, AKDT and PT have the same time or AKST is 2 hours behind PT.
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 PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AKST correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in PT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in AKDT correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in AKST correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in PT.
Compare AKST time with PT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Alaska Daylight Time is 1 hour behind Pacific Daylight Time.
4:00 am04:00 in AKDT is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT
AKDT to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in AKDT which corresponds to 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in PDT
4:00 am04:00 Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 AKDT / 5:00 am05:00 PDT
| AKDT | PT |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 1:00am |
| 1:00am | 2:00am |
| 2:00am | 3:00am |
| 3:00am | 4:00am |
| 4:00am | 5:00am |
| 5:00am | 6:00am |
| 6:00am | 7:00am |
| 7:00am | 8:00am |
| 8:00am | 9:00am |
| 9:00am | 10:00am |
| 10:00am | 11:00am |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 1:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 3:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 4:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 8:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 9:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 10:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 11:00pm | 12:00am |
| 00:00 | 01:00 |
| 01:00 | 02:00 |
| 02:00 | 03:00 |
| 03:00 | 04:00 |
| 04:00 | 05:00 |
| 05:00 | 06:00 |
| 06:00 | 07:00 |
| 07:00 | 08:00 |
| 08:00 | 09:00 |
| 09:00 | 10:00 |
| 10:00 | 11:00 |
| 11:00 | 12:00 |
| 12:00 | 13:00 |
| 13:00 | 14:00 |
| 14:00 | 15:00 |
| 15:00 | 16:00 |
| 16:00 | 17:00 |
| 17:00 | 18:00 |
| 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 19:00 | 20:00 |
| 20:00 | 21:00 |
| 21:00 | 22:00 |
| 22:00 | 23:00 |
| 23:00 | 00:00 |
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 289,600 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Fairbanks, Juneau, Eagle River, Badger.
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).
End: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
Start: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
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 an offset of nine hours 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
- 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
Pacific Time
Pacific Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in the United States and Canada. PT also called Pacific Coast Time. PT is not static but switches between PDT and PST.
Territories observing the Pacific Time Zone are primarily in North America. It runs through the western part of Canada, the United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico.
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States.
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose.
French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste
PT 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 an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PT
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone