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Mountain Time is on standard time: MST (UTC−7) until Sun, Mar 14, 2027.
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10:00 am10:00 MST (UTC-7), Nov 1, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 AKST (UTC-9), Nov 1, 2026

MST is 2 hours ahead of Fairbanks.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, MDT is 2 hours ahead of Fairbanks. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, MST is 2 hours ahead of Fairbanks. Briefly around clock changes, MDT is 3 hours ahead of Fairbanks or MST is 1 hour ahead of Fairbanks.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MDT correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in Fairbanks. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MST correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in Fairbanks.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MDT correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in Fairbanks. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MST correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in Fairbanks.

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

Time Difference

Mountain Standard Time is 2 hours ahead of AKST (Alaska Standard Time).
10:00 am10:00 in MST is 8:00 am08:00 in Fairbanks, AK, USA

MST to Fairbanks call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in MST which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in Fairbanks

10:00 am10:00 Mountain Standard Time (MST). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 AKST (Alaska Standard Time) (Fairbanks, AK, USA). Offset UTC -9:00 hours

10:00 am10:00 MST / 8:00 am08:00 Fairbanks, AK, USA

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Hourly time comparison
MSTFairbanks, AK, USA
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Mountain Daylight Time

Offset: MDT is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MDT time zone is Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, with about 1.512 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Denver, El Paso, Albuquerque, Colorado Springs.

French: HAR - Heure Avancée des Rocheuses

Spanish: MT - Zona Pacífico

Map of the areas on Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)
MDT part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC−7 (MST).

Daylight Saving: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Mountain Standard Time (MST).

123456789101112End: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) ended on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

123456789101112Start: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) starts on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

MDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for MDT
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects MDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Boise
  • America/Cambridge_Bay
  • America/Ciudad_Juarez
  • America/Denver
  • America/Edmonton
  • America/Inuvik
  • America/Shiprock
  • America/Yellowknife
  • Canada/Mountain
  • MST7MDT
  • Navajo
  • US/Mountain
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone

Fairbanks Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
AKST – Alaska Standard Time, UTC-9 (now)
AKDT – Alaska Daylight Time, UTC-8 (daylight saving time)
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, March 14, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (AKDT). DST starts on the 2nd Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, November 7, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, November 7, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (AKST). DST ends on the 1st Sunday of November each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.

Fairbanks Facts

Country
USA
State
Alaska
Alternative Names
Barnettes Cache, FAI, Fairbanks, Fehrbanks, Fehrbenks, Ferbanks, Ferbenks, Ferbenksa, Feurbanks, Feyrbanks, Fērbenksa, feabankusu, fei er ban ke si, frbnks, fyrbanks, fyyr bynks alaska, peeobaengkeuseu, pherabamksa, pheyarabyanksa, pyyrbnqs, Фербанкс, Фербенкс, Феърбанкс, Фэрбанкс, Фэрбенкс, פיירבנקס, فربنکس, فيربانكس, فیئر بینکس، الاسکا, फेयरब्याङ्क्स, फेरबँक्स, ფერბენკსი, フェアバンクス, 費爾班克斯, 페어뱅크스
Population
32,325
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
64° 50' N Latitude / 147° 42' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1