What is CET in AKST?
Alaska Time is 10 hours behind
Central European Time is on UTC+2:00 and Alaska Time is on UTC−8:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read CEST and AKDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Paris
- 3:35 am
- Time in Anchorage
- 5:35 pm
- Difference
- −10 h
- Next clock change
- October 25, 2026
Convert a time
AKDT — Alaska Time
5:00 pm
Tue, the previous day
When the difference changes
Central European 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 10 hours behind
- October 25, 2026 – November 1, 2026Alaska Time is 9 hours behind
- November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027Alaska Time is 10 hours behind
- March 14, 2027 – March 28, 2027Alaska Time is 9 hours behind
- March 28, 2027 – onwardsAlaska Time is 10 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
Central European Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CET.
Alaska Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming AKST.
CET to AKST conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Central European Time to Alaska Time. 10 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Anchorage, which is marked.
- 12:00 am CEST
- 2:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 1:00 am CEST
- 3:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 2:00 am CEST
- 4:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 3:00 am CEST
- 5:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 4:00 am CEST
- 6:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 5:00 am CEST
- 7:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 6:00 am CEST
- 8:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 7:00 am CEST
- 9:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 8:00 am CEST
- 10:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 9:00 am CEST
- 11:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 10:00 am CEST
- 12:00 am AKDT
- 11:00 am CEST
- 1:00 am AKDT
- 12:00 pm CEST
- 2:00 am AKDT
- 1:00 pm CEST
- 3:00 am AKDT
- 2:00 pm CEST
- 4:00 am AKDT
- 3:00 pm CEST
- 5:00 am AKDT
- 4:00 pm CEST
- 6:00 am AKDT
- 5:00 pm CEST
- 7:00 am AKDT
- 6:00 pm CEST
- 8:00 am AKDT
- 7:00 pm CEST
- 9:00 am AKDT
- 8:00 pm CEST
- 10:00 am AKDT
- 9:00 pm CEST
- 11:00 am AKDT
- 10:00 pm CEST
- 12:00 pm AKDT
- 11:00 pm CEST
- 1:00 pm AKDT
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Paris and one in Anchorage — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Paris is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Anchorage.
Central European Time (CEST) is used in Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Stockholm