What is UTC in AKST?
Alaska Time is 8 hours behind
Coordinated Universal Time is on UTC+0:00 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 the prime meridian
- 1:34 am
- Time in Anchorage
- 5:34 pm
- Difference
- −8 h
- Next clock change
- November 1, 2026
Convert a time
AKDT — Alaska Time
5:00 pm
Tue, the previous day
When the difference changes
Coordinated Universal 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 – November 1, 2026Alaska Time is 8 hours behind
- November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027Alaska Time is 9 hours behind
- March 14, 2027 – onwardsAlaska Time is 8 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
Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time stays on UTC all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
Alaska Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming AKST.
UTC to AKST conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Coordinated Universal Time to Alaska Time. 8 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Anchorage, which is marked.
- 12:00 am UTC
- 4:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 1:00 am UTC
- 5:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 2:00 am UTC
- 6:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 3:00 am UTC
- 7:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 4:00 am UTC
- 8:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 5:00 am UTC
- 9:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 6:00 am UTC
- 10:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 7:00 am UTC
- 11:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 8:00 am UTC
- 12:00 am AKDT
- 9:00 am UTC
- 1:00 am AKDT
- 10:00 am UTC
- 2:00 am AKDT
- 11:00 am UTC
- 3:00 am AKDT
- 12:00 pm UTC
- 4:00 am AKDT
- 1:00 pm UTC
- 5:00 am AKDT
- 2:00 pm UTC
- 6:00 am AKDT
- 3:00 pm UTC
- 7:00 am AKDT
- 4:00 pm UTC
- 8:00 am AKDT
- 5:00 pm UTC
- 9:00 am AKDT
- 6:00 pm UTC
- 10:00 am AKDT
- 7:00 pm UTC
- 11:00 am AKDT
- 8:00 pm UTC
- 12:00 pm AKDT
- 9:00 pm UTC
- 1:00 pm AKDT
- 10:00 pm UTC
- 2:00 pm AKDT
- 11:00 pm UTC
- 3:00 pm AKDT
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm UTC, which is 9:00 am to 10:00 am AKDT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is used in aviation, computing, and science worldwide. UTC never changes for daylight saving.