What is CST in AKST?
Alaska Time is 3 hours behind
Central Time is on UTC−5:00 and Alaska Time is on UTC−8:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read CDT and AKDT. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.
- Time in Chicago
- 9:14 pm
- Time in Anchorage
- 6:14 pm
- Difference
- −3 h
- Next clock change
- November 1, 2026
Convert a time
AKDT — Alaska Time
6:00 pm
Tue
Daylight saving
Central Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CST.
Alaska Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming AKST.
CST to AKST conversion table
Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Central Time to Alaska Time. 3 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Anchorage, which is marked.
- 12:00 am CDT
- 9:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 1:00 am CDT
- 10:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 2:00 am CDT
- 11:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 3:00 am CDT
- 12:00 am AKDT
- 4:00 am CDT
- 1:00 am AKDT
- 5:00 am CDT
- 2:00 am AKDT
- 6:00 am CDT
- 3:00 am AKDT
- 7:00 am CDT
- 4:00 am AKDT
- 8:00 am CDT
- 5:00 am AKDT
- 9:00 am CDT
- 6:00 am AKDT
- 10:00 am CDT
- 7:00 am AKDT
- 11:00 am CDT
- 8:00 am AKDT
- 12:00 pm CDT
- 9:00 am AKDT
- 1:00 pm CDT
- 10:00 am AKDT
- 2:00 pm CDT
- 11:00 am AKDT
- 3:00 pm CDT
- 12:00 pm AKDT
- 4:00 pm CDT
- 1:00 pm AKDT
- 5:00 pm CDT
- 2:00 pm AKDT
- 6:00 pm CDT
- 3:00 pm AKDT
- 7:00 pm CDT
- 4:00 pm AKDT
- 8:00 pm CDT
- 5:00 pm AKDT
- 9:00 pm CDT
- 6:00 pm AKDT
- 10:00 pm CDT
- 7:00 pm AKDT
- 11:00 pm CDT
- 8:00 pm AKDT
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm CDT, which is 9:00 am to 3:00 pm AKDT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
A note on CST: it can also mean China Standard Time (UTC+8) and Cuba Standard Time (UTC−5). This page means US Central Time.
Central Time (CDT) is used in Dallas, Houston, Mexico City and Winnipeg