CT to AKST Converter
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 3 hours ahead of Alaska Daylight Time
11:30 am11:30 in CDT is 8:30 am08:30 in AKDT
CT to AKST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm in CT which corresponds to 8am-3pm in AKST
11:30 am11:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:30 am08:30 Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
11:30 am11:30 CDT / 8:30 am08:30 AKDT
CT | AKDT |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 9pm |
1am | 10pm |
2am | 11pm |
3am | 12am (midnight) |
4am | 1am |
5am | 2am |
6am | 3am |
7am | 4am |
8am | 5am |
9am | 6am |
10am | 7am |
11am | 8am |
12pm (noon) | 9am |
1pm | 10am |
2pm | 11am |
3pm | 12pm (noon) |
4pm | 1pm |
5pm | 2pm |
6pm | 3pm |
7pm | 4pm |
8pm | 5pm |
9pm | 6pm |
10pm | 7pm |
11pm | 8pm |
0:00 | 21:00 |
1:00 | 22:00 |
2:00 | 23:00 |
3:00 | 0:00 |
4:00 | 1:00 |
5:00 | 2:00 |
6:00 | 3:00 |
7:00 | 4:00 |
8:00 | 5:00 |
9:00 | 6:00 |
10:00 | 7:00 |
11:00 | 8:00 |
12:00 | 9:00 |
13:00 | 10:00 |
14:00 | 11:00 |
15:00 | 12:00 |
16:00 | 13:00 |
17:00 | 14:00 |
18:00 | 15:00 |
19:00 | 16:00 |
20:00 | 17:00 |
21:00 | 18:00 |
22:00 | 19:00 |
23:00 | 20:00 |
Central Time
Central Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.
Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.
Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States.
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
Central Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.
Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.
Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States.
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
CT representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CT
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- Central Time - UTC -6
- Chuuk Time - UTC +10
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone
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 291,826 people. Other major cities in the area are Fairbanks, Juneau, Eagle River, Badger

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT).
End: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on 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 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
- 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