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

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8:00 pm20:00 PHT (UTC+8), Oct 15, 2026 = 4:00 am04:00 AKDT (UTC-8), Oct 15, 2026

PHT is 16 hours ahead of AKDT.

PHT and AKST examples

These examples always use PHT (UTC+8) 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.

PHT is 17 hours ahead of AKST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PHT is 16 hours ahead of AKDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PHT is 17 hours ahead of AKST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PHT correspond to 5:00 pm (previous day) to 2:00 am in AKDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PHT correspond to 4:00 pm (previous day) to 1:00 am in AKST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PHT correspond to 17:00 (previous day) to 02:00 in AKDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PHT correspond to 16:00 (previous day) to 01:00 in AKST.

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

Time Difference

Philippine Time is 16 hours ahead of Alaska Daylight Time.
8:00 pm20:00 in PHT is 4:00 am04:00 in AKDT

PHT to AKDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in PHT which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in AKDT (previous day)

8:00 pm20:00 Philippine Time (PHT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT). Offset UTC -8:00 hours

8:00 pm20:00 PHT / 4:00 am04:00 AKDT

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Philippine Time

Offset: PHT is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Philippines

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PHT time zone is Quezon City in the Philippines, with about 3.084 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Davao, Caloocan, Manila, Taguig.

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

PHT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for PHT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time

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