What is BST in AKST?
Alaska Time is 9 hours behind
British Time is on UTC+1:00 and Alaska Time is on UTC−8:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read BST and AKDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in London
- 3:14 am
- Time in Anchorage
- 6:14 pm
- Difference
- −9 h
- Next clock change
- October 25, 2026
Convert a time
AKDT — Alaska Time
6:00 pm
Tue, the previous day
When the difference changes
British Time and Alaska 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:
- Now – October 25, 2026Alaska Time is 9 hours behind
- October 25, 2026 – November 1, 2026Alaska Time is 8 hours behind
- November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027Alaska Time is 9 hours behind
- March 14, 2027 – March 28, 2027Alaska Time is 8 hours behind
- March 28, 2027 – onwardsAlaska Time is 9 hours behind
Periods shorter than a day are not listed: both zones change at 2am in their own local time, so there are a few hours on each transition date when the gap is briefly something else.
Daylight saving
British Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming GMT.
Alaska Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming AKST.
BST to AKST conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from British Time to Alaska Time. 9 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Anchorage, which is marked.
- 12:00 am BST
- 3:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 1:00 am BST
- 4:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 2:00 am BST
- 5:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 3:00 am BST
- 6:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 4:00 am BST
- 7:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 5:00 am BST
- 8:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 6:00 am BST
- 9:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 7:00 am BST
- 10:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 8:00 am BST
- 11:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 9:00 am BST
- 12:00 am AKDT
- 10:00 am BST
- 1:00 am AKDT
- 11:00 am BST
- 2:00 am AKDT
- 12:00 pm BST
- 3:00 am AKDT
- 1:00 pm BST
- 4:00 am AKDT
- 2:00 pm BST
- 5:00 am AKDT
- 3:00 pm BST
- 6:00 am AKDT
- 4:00 pm BST
- 7:00 am AKDT
- 5:00 pm BST
- 8:00 am AKDT
- 6:00 pm BST
- 9:00 am AKDT
- 7:00 pm BST
- 10:00 am AKDT
- 8:00 pm BST
- 11:00 am AKDT
- 9:00 pm BST
- 12:00 pm AKDT
- 10:00 pm BST
- 1:00 pm AKDT
- 11:00 pm BST
- 2:00 pm AKDT
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in London and one in Anchorage — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in London is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Anchorage.
A note on BST: it can also mean Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+6). This page means British Summer Time.
British Time (BST) is used in the whole United Kingdom. In winter the UK is on GMT; from late March to late October it is on BST, an hour ahead.