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What is WET in AKST?

Alaska Time is 9 hours behind

Western European Time is on UTC+1:00 and Alaska Time is on UTC−8:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read WEST and AKDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Lisbon
3:15 am
Time in Anchorage
6:15 pm
Difference
−9 h
Next clock change
October 25, 2026

Convert a time

AKDTAlaska Time

6:00 pm

Tue, the previous day

When the difference changes

Western 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:

  1. NowOctober 25, 2026Alaska Time is 9 hours behind
  2. October 25, 2026November 1, 2026Alaska Time is 8 hours behind
  3. November 1, 2026March 14, 2027Alaska Time is 9 hours behind
  4. March 14, 2027March 28, 2027Alaska Time is 8 hours behind
  5. March 28, 2027onwardsAlaska Time is 9 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

Western European Time

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming WET.

Alaska Time

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming AKST.

WET to AKST conversion table

Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Western European Time to Alaska Time. 9 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Anchorage, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

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

Western European Time (WEST) is used in Portugal, Ireland and the Canary Islands

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