IANA Name: US/Alaska
Standard Offset: UTC −09:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC −08:00
DST Abbreviation: AKDT
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
FAQ — US/Alaska
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The current local time in US/Alaska is 05:02:46. US/Alaska is currently UTC-09:00. Compare with all major time zones.
US/Alaska is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.
Yes — US/Alaska observes DST. In standard time it is AKST UTC-09:00; during DST it switches to AKDT UTC-08:00. Exact transition dates follow the local government's DST rules and are baked into the IANA tz database.
US/Alaska is used (in whole or in part) by United States. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between US/Alaska and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.