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What is AKST in AEST?

Australian Eastern Time is 20 hours ahead

Alaska Time is on UTC−9:00 and Australian Eastern Time is on UTC+11:00 right now. Australian Eastern Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read AEDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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AEDT — Australian Eastern Time

7:00 pm

AEDT, Sat, the next day

Time in Anchorage
11:30:13 PM
Time in Sydney
7:30:13 PM
Difference
+20 h
Next clock change
March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

Alaska Time and Australian Eastern Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

  1. Now – March 14, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 20 hours ahead
  2. March 14, 2027 – April 3, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 19 hours ahead
  3. April 3, 2027 – October 2, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 18 hours ahead
  4. October 2, 2027 – November 7, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 19 hours ahead
  5. November 7, 2027 – onwardsAustralian Eastern Time is 20 hours ahead

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Alaska Time

Sunday, March 14, 2027

Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on AKDT after that.

Australian Eastern Time

Sunday, April 4, 2027

Clocks go back one hour — 3:00 am becomes 2:00 am local time, and the zone is on AEST after that.

AKST to AEST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, November 6, 2026, converted from Alaska Time to Australian Eastern Time. 20 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Sydney, which is marked.

12:00 am AKST
8:00 pm AEDT
1:00 am AKST
9:00 pm AEDT
2:00 am AKST
10:00 pm AEDT
3:00 am AKST
11:00 pm AEDT
4:00 am AKST
12:00 am AEDT+1 day
5:00 am AKST
1:00 am AEDT+1 day
6:00 am AKST
2:00 am AEDT+1 day
7:00 am AKST
3:00 am AEDT+1 day
8:00 am AKST
4:00 am AEDT+1 day
9:00 am AKST
5:00 am AEDT+1 day
10:00 am AKST
6:00 am AEDT+1 day
11:00 am AKST
7:00 am AEDT+1 day
12:00 pm AKST
8:00 am AEDT+1 day
1:00 pm AKST
9:00 am AEDT+1 day
2:00 pm AKST
10:00 am AEDT+1 day
3:00 pm AKST
11:00 am AEDT+1 day
4:00 pm AKST
12:00 pm AEDT+1 day
5:00 pm AKST
1:00 pm AEDT+1 day
6:00 pm AKST
2:00 pm AEDT+1 day
7:00 pm AKST
3:00 pm AEDT+1 day
8:00 pm AKST
4:00 pm AEDT+1 day
9:00 pm AKST
5:00 pm AEDT+1 day
10:00 pm AKST
6:00 pm AEDT+1 day
11:00 pm AKST
7:00 pm AEDT+1 day

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm AKST, which is 9:00 am to 2:00 pm AEDT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Australian Eastern Time (AEDT) is used in Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. Queensland stays on AEST all year while the southern states move to AEDT.

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