What is NZST in AKST?
Alaska Time is 20 hours behind
New Zealand Time is on UTC+12:00 and Alaska Time is on UTC−8:00 right now. Alaska Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read AKDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Auckland
- 2:15 pm
- Time in Anchorage
- 6:15 pm
- Difference
- −20 h
- Next clock change
- September 26, 2026
Convert a time
AKDT — Alaska Time
6:00 pm
Tue, the previous day
When the difference changes
New Zealand 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 – September 26, 2026Alaska Time is 20 hours behind
- September 26, 2026 – November 1, 2026Alaska Time is 21 hours behind
- November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027Alaska Time is 22 hours behind
- March 14, 2027 – April 3, 2027Alaska Time is 21 hours behind
- April 3, 2027 – September 25, 2027Alaska Time is 20 hours behind
- September 25, 2027 – onwardsAlaska Time is 21 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
New Zealand Time
Clocks go forward one hour at 2am local time, becoming NZDT.
Alaska Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming AKST.
NZST to AKST conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from New Zealand Time to Alaska Time. 20 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Anchorage, which is marked.
- 12:00 am NZST
- 4:00 am AKDT−1 day
- 1:00 am NZST
- 5:00 am AKDT−1 day
- 2:00 am NZST
- 6:00 am AKDT−1 day
- 3:00 am NZST
- 7:00 am AKDT−1 day
- 4:00 am NZST
- 8:00 am AKDT−1 day
- 5:00 am NZST
- 9:00 am AKDT−1 day
- 6:00 am NZST
- 10:00 am AKDT−1 day
- 7:00 am NZST
- 11:00 am AKDT−1 day
- 8:00 am NZST
- 12:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 9:00 am NZST
- 1:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 10:00 am NZST
- 2:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 11:00 am NZST
- 3:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 12:00 pm NZST
- 4:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 1:00 pm NZST
- 5:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 2:00 pm NZST
- 6:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 3:00 pm NZST
- 7:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 4:00 pm NZST
- 8:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 5:00 pm NZST
- 9:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 6:00 pm NZST
- 10:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 7:00 pm NZST
- 11:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 8:00 pm NZST
- 12:00 am AKDT
- 9:00 pm NZST
- 1:00 am AKDT
- 10:00 pm NZST
- 2:00 am AKDT
- 11:00 pm NZST
- 3:00 am AKDT
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm NZST, which is 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm AKDT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.