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Alaska Time is on daylight saving time: AKDT (UTC−8) until Sun, Nov 1.
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Quick answers

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4:00 am04:00 AKDT (UTC-8), Oct 15, 2026 = 1:00 am01:00 X (UTC-11), Oct 15, 2026

AKDT is 3 hours ahead of X.

AKST and X examples

These examples always use AKST (UTC-9) and X (UTC-11). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

AKST is 2 hours ahead of X.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, AKDT is 3 hours ahead of X. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, AKST is 2 hours ahead of X.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AKDT correspond to 6:00 am to 3:00 pm in X. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AKST correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in X.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AKDT correspond to 06:00 to 15:00 in X. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AKST correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in X.

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

Time Difference

Alaska Daylight Time is 3 hours ahead of X-ray Time Zone.
4:00 am04:00 in AKDT is 1:00 am01:00 in X

AKDT to X call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-6pm12:00-18:00 in AKDT which corresponds to 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in X

4:00 am04:00 Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 X-ray Time Zone (X). Offset UTC -11:00 hours

4:00 am04:00 AKDT / 1:00 am01:00 X

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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 the shaded areas are on UTC−8 (AKDT).

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).

123456789101112End: 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.

123456789101112Start: 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.

See 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 Daylight Time
  • V - Victor Time Zone

X-ray Time Zone

Offset: X is 11 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Daylight Saving: Clocks in X-ray Time Zone (X) do not change for daylight saving time, so X stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

X representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -11 - basic short
  • -1100 - basic
  • -11:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -1100 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • X-ray - Military abbreviation for X
  • X - short form of 'X-ray'
Time zones with the GMT -11 offset:
  • NUT - Niue Time
  • SST - Samoa Standard Time
  • X - X-ray Time Zone