UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
AKST
Alaska Standard Time
GMT -9
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

UTC is 9 hours ahead of AKST. UTC uses GMT +0, and AKST uses GMT -9 for this comparison.

For example, 12:00 pm UTC is 3:00 am AKST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 5pm-6pm UTC, which is 8am-9am 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

Universal Time Coordinated is 9 hours ahead of Alaska Standard Time
12:00 pm12:00 in UTC is 3:00 am03:00 in AKST

UTC to AKST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm in UTC which corresponds to 8am-9am in AKST

12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
3:00 am03:00 Alaska Standard Time (AKST). Offset UTC -9:00 hours

12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 3:00 am03:00 AKST

UTCAKST
12am (midnight)3pm
1am4pm
2am5pm
3am6pm
4am7pm
5am8pm
6am9pm
7am10pm
8am11pm
9am12am (midnight)
10am1am
11am2am
12pm (noon)3am
1pm4am
2pm5am
3pm6am
4pm7am
5pm8am
6pm9am
7pm10am
8pm11am
9pm12pm (noon)
10pm1pm
11pm2pm
00:0015:00
01:0016:00
02:0017:00
03:0018:00
04:0019:00
05:0020:00
06:0021:00
07:0022:00
08:0023:00
09:0000:00
10:0001:00
11:0002:00
12:0003:00
13:0004:00
14:0005:00
15:0006:00
16:0007:00
17:0008:00
18:0009:00
19:0010:00
20:0011:00
21:0012:00
22:0013:00
23:0014:00

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Alaska Standard Time

Offset: AKST is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

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 291,826 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Fairbanks, Juneau, Eagle River, Badger.

AKST Time Zone Geo Map
AKST timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

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