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What is GST in AKST?

Alaska Time is 13 hours behind

Gulf Standard Time is on UTC+4:00 and Alaska Time is on UTC−9:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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AKST — Alaska Time

11:00 pm

AKST, Fri, the previous day

Time in Dubai
12:30:37 PM
Time in Anchorage
11:30:37 PM
Difference
−13 h
Next clock change
March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

Gulf Standard 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:

  1. Now – March 14, 2027Alaska Time is 13 hours behind
  2. March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027Alaska Time is 12 hours behind
  3. November 7, 2027 – onwardsAlaska Time is 13 hours behind

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

Gulf Standard Time

No clock changes

Gulf Standard Time stays on GST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

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.

GST to AKST conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Gulf Standard Time to Alaska Time. 13 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Anchorage, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

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

Gulf Standard Time (GST) is used in the UAE and Oman

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