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CURRENT LOCAL TIME

Time in Anchorage, United States

· Alaska Daylight Time

AKDT · UTC−8—— H FROM YOUAMERICA/ANCHORAGE

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Anchorage against your time zone

Reading your time zone to compare it with Anchorage…

Anchorage compared with your time zone, hour by hour, with the working-hour overlap shaded
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Anchorage time zone facts

IANA time zoneAmerica/Anchorage
Offset nowUTC−8 (AKDT)
Standard offsetUTC−9 (AKST)
Next clock change1 Nov 2026, 02:00 → 01:00
CountryUnited States (US)
Population298,695
Coordinates61.22, -149.90
Places in this zone1

Next clock change: Sunday 1 November 2026, when Anchorage moves to UTC−9. Regions change on their own schedules, so the gap between Anchorage and cities elsewhere is not fixed — daylight saving explained covers the weeks it goes strange.

Best hours to reach Anchorage

From New York
4 hours ahead of Anchorage · their afternoon
09:00–14:00
13:00–18:00 EDT
From San Francisco
1 hour ahead of Anchorage · their morning
09:00–17:00
10:00–18:00 PDT
From Bengaluru
13½ hours ahead of Anchorage · their morning
20:00–22:00
09:00–11:00 IST

Local times in Anchorage on the left, the caller’s own clock on the right. Computed from the working-hour overlap for today’s offsets.

About time in Anchorage

Anchorage keeps Alaska Daylight Time, UTC−8 from UTC at the moment. Clocks move twice a year, so the same wall-clock time is a different instant in summer and winter — this page reads the offset in force today rather than an average.

Offsets and daylight saving rules come from the IANA time zone database — see IANA time zone notes for what that data does and does not promise about future dates.

Anchorage converted to other zones

Each opens a comparison page with both cities on one timeline.

COMMON QUESTIONS

What time is it in Anchorage right now?

The clock at the top of this page reads the current time in Anchorage to the second. Anchorage is on Alaska Daylight Time, UTC−8 — the same clock as every other place in the zone America/Anchorage.

Does Anchorage observe daylight saving time?

Yes. Anchorage is on UTC−8 now and UTC−9 outside daylight saving. The next change is Sunday 1 November 2026, when clocks go back.

What time zone is Anchorage in?

Anchorage uses the IANA zone America/Anchorage, currently AKDT (UTC−8). Abbreviations are for reading — the zone identifier is the unambiguous name, and it is what you should store in your own systems.