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What is AKST in TRT?

Turkey Time is 12 hours ahead

Alaska Time is on UTC−9:00 and Turkey Time is on UTC+3:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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TRT — Turkey Time

11:00 am

TRT, Sat, the next day

Time in Anchorage
11:30:03 PM
Time in Istanbul
11:30:03 AM
Difference
+12 h
Next clock change
March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

Alaska Time and Turkey 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, 2027Turkey Time is 12 hours ahead
  2. March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027Turkey Time is 11 hours ahead
  3. November 7, 2027 – onwardsTurkey Time is 12 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.

Turkey Time

No clock changes

Turkey Time stays on TRT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

AKST to TRT conversion table

Every hour of Friday, November 6, 2026, converted from Alaska Time to Turkey Time. 12 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Istanbul, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Anchorage and one in Istanbul — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Anchorage is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Istanbul.

Turkey Time (TRT) is used in all of Türkiye, on a permanent UTC+3 since 2016

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