UTC to AKST Converter
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12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Oct 15, 2026 = 4:00 am04:00 AKDT (UTC-8), Oct 15, 2026
UTC is 8 hours ahead of AKDT.
UTC and AKST examples
These examples always use UTC (UTC+0) 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.
UTC is 9 hours ahead of AKST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, UTC is 8 hours ahead of AKDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, UTC is 9 hours ahead of AKST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in UTC correspond to 1:00 am to 10:00 am in AKDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in UTC correspond to 12:00 am to 9:00 am in AKST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in UTC correspond to 01:00 to 10:00 in AKDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in UTC correspond to 00:00 to 09:00 in AKST.
Compare UTC time with AKST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Coordinated Universal Time is 8 hours ahead of Alaska Daylight Time.
12:00 pm12:00 in UTC is 4:00 am04:00 in AKDT
UTC to AKDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in UTC which corresponds to 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in AKDT
12:00 pm12:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 4:00 am04:00 AKDT
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Coordinated Universal Time
Offset: UTC is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is the successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but UTC is the standard the scientific community uses.
UTC has been the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, such as aviation and meteorology, and to synchronize time across internet networks.
Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC+1 (British Summer Time, Irish Standard Time, WEST).
UTC representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
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.
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).
End: 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.
Start: 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.
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 an offset of nine hours 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