Time zone offset: UTC - 8 hours

AKDT is 8 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Note that AKDT is a daylight saving time/summer time zone. It is generally only used during the summer in the places listed below, during the winter AKST is used instead

Time zone abbreviations: AKDT, HAY

Full name is Alaska Daylight Time
HAY – Heure Avancée du Yukon (French)

Email time zone indicator: -0800

An email sent from someone in the AKDT time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0800" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0800" does not have to be in AKDT, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).

Where and when is AKDT observed?

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

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

Example location in AKDT

• Anchorage - during summer

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

• AKST - Alaska Standard Time

• HAST - Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time

• HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time