Alaska Time

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Alaska Time is the time zone used by most of the U.S. state of Alaska, offset one hour behind Pacific Time.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Alaska Time canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf time zone
abbreviationDaylight AKDT
abbreviationStandard AKST
appliesTo Alaska
most of the U.S. state of Alaska
country United States
daylightSavingTimeName Alaska Daylight Time
governingAuthority United States Department of Transportation
hasDaylightOffsetHours −8
hasStandardOffsetHours −9
isBehindPacificTimeByHours 1
isBehindUTC yes
isOneOfPrimaryTimeZonesInAlaska yes
isPartOfTimeZoneSystem North American time zones
isSuccessorTo Yukon Time in parts of Alaska
isUsedFor civil timekeeping in most of Alaska
majorCityInZone Anchorage
Fairbanks
Juneau
Nome
Sitka
observesDaylightSavingTime true
observesDSTEndRule first Sunday in November
observesDSTStartRule second Sunday in March
offsetFromUTCDaylightTime UTC−08:00
offsetFromUTCStandardTime UTC−09:00
offsetRelativeToPacificTime one hour behind Pacific Time
regionExclusionWithinAlaska Aleutian Islands west of 169°30′W
linked to: Aleutian Islands
relatedTimeZone Hawaii–Aleutian Time
Pacific Time
linked to: Pacific Time Zone
standardTimeName Alaska Standard Time
linked to: Alaska Time Zone
timeZoneCode AKT
timeZoneInUS yes
usedInUSState Alaska
usesIANAZoneIdentifiers America/Anchorage
America/Juneau
America/Nome
linked to: Alaska Time Zone

America/Sitka
linked to: Alaska Time Zone

America/Yakutat

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific Time neighboringTimeZone Alaska Time
subject linked to: PT