-- What time zone is Alaska in?

 

Alaska is so big it has its own time zone! It even has a small part that stretches into another zone.

Alaska Time Zone (during Standard Time) is 9 hours off of Greenwich Mean Time

Alaska Time Zone (during Daylight Time) is 8 hours off of Greenwich Mean Time

To calculate Alaska Time from : Eastern Time -- subtract 4 hours Central Time - subtract 3 hours Mountain Time - subtract 2 hours Pacific Time - subtract 1 hour

 

Up until October of 1983, Alaska was separated into four time zones. It has since been two --with the bulk of the state in the above mentioned Alaska Time Zone. The exception to this is a couple of the most western Aleutian islands which fall under  Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone. The main islands in this zone (from East to West) are Atka, Adak, and Attu. The Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone is 10 hours off of Greenwich Mean Time and does not observe Daylight Savings Time.