AKST to MART Converter
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AKST and MART examples
These examples always use AKST (UTC-9) and MART (UTC-9:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
AKST is 30 minutes ahead of MART.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, AKDT is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of MART. At other times of the year, AKST is 30 minutes ahead of MART.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AKDT correspond to 7:30 am to 3:30 pm in MART. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AKST correspond to 8:30 am to 4:30 pm in MART.
Compare AKST time with MART time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Alaska Standard Time is 0 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Marquesas Time
3:00 am03:00 in AKST is 2:30 am02:30 in MART
AKST to MART call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9:30am-5pm in AKST which corresponds to 9am-4:30pm in MART
3:00 am03:00 Alaska Standard Time (AKST). Offset UTC -9:00 hours
2:30 am02:30 Marquesas Time (MART). Offset UTC -9:30 hours
3:00 am03:00 AKST / 2:30 am02:30 MART
| AKST | MART |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 11:30 pm |
| 1am | 12:30 am |
| 2am | 1:30 am |
| 3am | 2:30 am |
| 4am | 3:30 am |
| 5am | 4:30 am |
| 6am | 5:30 am |
| 7am | 6:30 am |
| 8am | 7:30 am |
| 9am | 8:30 am |
| 10am | 9:30 am |
| 11am | 10:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 11:30 am |
| 1pm | 12:30 pm |
| 2pm | 1:30 pm |
| 3pm | 2:30 pm |
| 4pm | 3:30 pm |
| 5pm | 4:30 pm |
| 6pm | 5:30 pm |
| 7pm | 6:30 pm |
| 8pm | 7:30 pm |
| 9pm | 8:30 pm |
| 10pm | 9:30 pm |
| 11pm | 10:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 23:30 |
| 01:00 | 00:30 |
| 02:00 | 01:30 |
| 03:00 | 02:30 |
| 04:00 | 03:30 |
| 05:00 | 04:30 |
| 06:00 | 05:30 |
| 07:00 | 06:30 |
| 08:00 | 07:30 |
| 09:00 | 08:30 |
| 10:00 | 09:30 |
| 11:00 | 10:30 |
| 12:00 | 11:30 |
| 13:00 | 12:30 |
| 14:00 | 13:30 |
| 15:00 | 14:30 |
| 16:00 | 15:30 |
| 17:00 | 16:30 |
| 18:00 | 17:30 |
| 19:00 | 18:30 |
| 20:00 | 19:30 |
| 21:00 | 20:30 |
| 22:00 | 21:30 |
| 23:00 | 22:30 |
Alaska Standard Time
Offset: AKST is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AKST time zone is Anchorage in the United States, with about 291,826 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Fairbanks, Juneau, Eagle River, Badger.

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT).
Start: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Alaska Standard Time (AKST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
AKST representations, usage and related time zones
- -09 - basic short
- -0900 - basic
- -09:00 - extended
- -0900 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Victor - Military abbreviation for AKST
- V - short form of 'Victor'
- America/Anchorage
- America/Juneau
- America/Metlakatla
- America/Nome
- America/Sitka
- America/Yakutat
- US/Alaska
- AKST - Alaska Standard Time
- AHDT - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
- HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
- GAMT - Gambier Time
- HDT - Hawaii Daylight Time
- V - Victor Time Zone
Marquesas Time
Offset: MART is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific
Countries using this time zone: French Polynesia
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Marquesas Time (MART) do not change for daylight saving time, so MART stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

MART representations, usage and related time zones
- -0930 - basic
- -09:30 - extended
- -0930 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours and thirty minutes to the west of the zero meridian.
