Alaska Time Zone

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UTC−09:00 time zone time zone

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

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UTC−09:00 time zone → time zone →
abbreviationDaylight	AKDT →
abbreviationStandard	AKST →
appliesToJurisdiction	Alaska →
aviationUsage	used for local flight schedules in most Alaska airports →
broadcastUsage	used for local television scheduling in most of Alaska →
coordinateReferenceMeridianApprox	135°W to 150°W →
country	United States →
coversMostOf	Alaska →
daylightSavingEndRule	first Sunday in November →
daylightSavingStartRule	second Sunday in March →
daylightSavingTimeUTCOffset	UTC−08:00 →
DSTChangeReason	Energy Policy Act of 2005 →
DSTChangeYear	2007 →
excludesRegion	Aleutian Islands west of 169°30′W →
followsDaylightSavingScheduleOf	United States →
hasHistoricalShiftFrom	UTC−10:00 →
hasHistoricalShiftTo	UTC−09:00 →
IANATimeZoneIdentifier	America/Anchorage →
isFourHoursBehind	Eastern Time Zone →
isOneHourBehind	Pacific Time Zone →
isPartOf	North American time zones →
isThreeHoursBehind	Central Time Zone →
isTwoHoursBehind	Mountain Time Zone →
legalDefinitionJurisdiction	United States federal law →
majorCityInZone	Anchorage → Fairbanks → Juneau → Ketchikan → Sitka →
maritimeUsage	used for local port operations in most Alaska coastal areas →
neighboringTimeZoneEast	Pacific Time Zone →
neighboringTimeZoneWest	Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone →
observes	Alaska Daylight Time → Alaska Standard Time →
observesSameClockAs	Gambier Islands during Northern Hemisphere winter → Marquesas-adjacent offsets during Northern Hemisphere summer →
previousName	Yukon Time Zone →
railwayTimeUsage	used by Alaska Railroad operations scheduling →
regulatesTimeFor	most Alaska municipalities → state government of Alaska →
standardTimeUTCOffset	UTC−09:00 →
telephoneAreaCodesInZone	907 →
timeOffsetRelativeToPacificTime	−01:00 →
typicalBusinessHourEndLocalTime	17:00 →
typicalBusinessHourStartLocalTime	08:00 →
usedByState	Alaska →
usesDaylightSavingTime	true →

Referenced by (46)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alaska → Alaska ("Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone") → Anchorage → Chamisso Island → Dutch Harbor, Alaska → Eielson Air Force Base → Fairbanks → Fairbanks International Airport → Fort Wainwright → Fox Islands → Haines, Alaska → Interior Alaska → Juneau → Kodiak Island → Little Diomede ("Alaska Standard Time") → Little Diomede Island → Metlakatla, Alaska → Municipality of Skagway Borough → North Slope Borough → Panhandle of Alaska → Pribilof Islands → Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States → Sitka → Skagway → Southeastern Alaska → Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport →	timeZone
Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs → Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities → Alaska Senate → Alaska State Capitol → Juneau International Airport → Juneau harbor → Ketchikan → Northwest Arctic Borough → Port of Alaska → St. Lawrence Island → Talkeetna → Wainwright → Yakutat →	locatedInTimeZone
North American time zones → North American time zones ("Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone") →	includesTimeZone
Alaska Time Zone ("America/Anchorage") →	IANATimeZoneIdentifier
Alaska Time Zone ("Alaska Standard Time") →	observes
Alaska Department of Revenue →	operatesInTimeZone
Alaska Daylight Time ("Alaska Standard Time") →	standardCounterpart
Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson →	timezone