Time in Alaska

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Time zones

Alaska is covered by three time zones, as described below:

tz database

The tz database version 2012c contains seven time zones for Alaska for historical reasons. Only three (America/Adak, America/Anchorage, and America/Metlakatla) are currently necessary.

CC Coordinates TZ Comments UTC offset UTC offset DST Notes
US +611305-1495401 America/Anchorage Alaska Time −09:00 −08:00
US +581807-1342511 America/Juneau Alaska Time - Alaska panhandle −09:00 −08:00
US +571035-1351807 America/Sitka Alaska Time - southeast Alaska panhandle −09:00 −08:00
US +593249-1394338 America/Yakutat Alaska Time - Alaska panhandle neck −09:00 −08:00
US +643004-1652423 America/Nome Alaska Time - west Alaska −09:00 −08:00
US +515248-1763929 America/Adak Aleutian Islands −10:00 −09:00
US +550737-1313435 America/Metlakatla Metlakatla Time - Annette Island −08:00 −08:00

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Exceptions, Oddities and Notes". OnTimeZone.com. Retrieved 2012-06-17. 
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