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

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2:30 am02:30 MART (UTC-9:30), Oct 16, 2026 = 4:00 am04:00 AKDT (UTC-8), Oct 16, 2026

MART is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind AKDT.

MART and AKST examples

These examples always use MART (UTC-9:30) and AKST (UTC-9). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

MART is 30 minutes behind AKST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, MART is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind AKDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, MART is 30 minutes behind AKST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MART correspond to 10:30 am to 7:30 pm in AKDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MART correspond to 9:30 am to 6:30 pm in AKST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MART correspond to 10:30 to 19:30 in AKDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MART correspond to 09:30 to 18:30 in AKST.

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

Time Difference

Marquesas Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind Alaska Daylight Time.
2:30 am02:30 in MART is 4:00 am04:00 in AKDT

MART to AKDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4:30pm09:00-16:30 in MART which corresponds to 10:30am-6pm10:30-18:00 in AKDT

2:30 am02:30 Marquesas Time (MART). Offset UTC -9:30 hours
4:00 am04:00 Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT). Offset UTC -8:00 hours

2:30 am02:30 MART / 4:00 am04:00 AKDT

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Marquesas Time

Offset: MART is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: French Polynesia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MART time zone is Atuona in French Polynesia, with about 1,762 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Taiohae.

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

MART representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -0930 - basic
  • -09:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0930 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours and thirty minutes to the west of the zero meridian.

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 USA daylight saving time and 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