North American time zones:

Time zone offset: UTC - 9 hours

AKST is 9 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Note that during summer daylight saving time/summer time is observed, and AKDT is used instead.

Time zone abbreviations: AKST, HNY

Full name is Alaska Standard Time
HNY – Heure Normale du Yukon (French)

Email time zone indicator: -0900

An email sent from someone in the AKST time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0900" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0900" does not have to be in AKST, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).

Where and when is AKST observed?

AKST is used during winter in these US states (AKDT during summer)

• Alaska - most, except Aleutian Islands west of 169.30 West (which use HAST/HADT)

Example location in AKST

• Anchorage - during winter

Other time zones in North America

• NST - Newfoundland Standard Time

• NDT - Newfoundland Daylight Time

• AST - Atlantic Standard Time

• ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time

• EST - Eastern Standard Time

• EDT - Eastern Daylight Time

• CST - Central Standard Time

• CDT - Central Daylight Time

• MST - Mountain Standard Time

• MDT - Mountain Daylight Time

• PST - Pacific Standard Time

• PDT - Pacific Daylight Time

• AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time

• HAST - Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time

• HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time