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What is AKST in AWST?

Australian Western Standard Time is 17 hours ahead

Alaska Time is on UTC−9:00 and Australian Western Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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AWST — Australian Western Standard Time

4:00 pm

AWST, Sat, the next day

Time in Anchorage
11:30:44 PM
Time in Perth
4:30:44 PM
Difference
+17 h
Next clock change
March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

Alaska Time and Australian Western Standard 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 Western Standard Time is 17 hours ahead
  2. March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027Australian Western Standard Time is 16 hours ahead
  3. November 7, 2027 – onwardsAustralian Western Standard Time is 17 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 Western Standard Time

No clock changes

Australian Western Standard Time stays on AWST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

AKST to AWST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, November 6, 2026, converted from Alaska Time to Australian Western Standard Time. 17 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Perth, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm AKST, which is 9:00 am to 11:00 am AWST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) is used in Western Australia, which does not observe daylight saving

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