AKDT – Alaska Daylight Time (Daylight Saving Time)
Also known as: ADST – Alaska Daylight Saving Time
Alaska Daylight Time Note:
North America: AKDT is currently not observed since DST isn't active. Locations are currently observing AKST instead.
Observes AKDT part of the year.
Areas with same time currently (UTC -8:00).
Observes AKDT – Alaska Daylight Time part of the year, but not currently.
Currently has same time zone offset as AKDT (UTC -8:00) but different time zone name.
Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) is 8 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a DST (daylight saving time) time zone and is used in: North America.
Winter Time & DST
This time zone is a daylight saving/summer time zone, in the winter some places will switch to the corresponding standard time zone: AKST (Alaska Standard Time).
Email time zone indicator: -0800
An email sent from someone in the Alaska Daylight Time (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 Alaska Daylight Time, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
Where and when is AKDT observed?
North America
Other time zones in UTC -8:00
Some time zones exist that have the same offset as AKDT, but can be found under a different name:
Time zones by continent/region
No locations currently on AKDT
- AKDT will be observed in Anchorage starting from Mar 8, 2015 at 2:00 AM
- UTC Offset: UTC -8:00
Find current time and time zone by city
Example cities
U.S.A. – Anchorage (Summer)
Related time zones
AKST – Alaska Standard Time (Standard Time)
Time Zone Map with DST
