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Alaska Standard Time

Alaska Standard Time

3.3
The time used in most of Alaska that is nine hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
  • noun
translation icon : hora estándar de Alaska
  • Anchorage observes Alaska Standard Time during the winter months.

Examples

  • Meetings are scheduled at 10 a.m. Alaska Standard Time.

  • Can you convert 10 AM Alaska Standard Time to your local time?

  • The live broadcast aired at 7 p.m. Alaska Standard Time.

  • The meeting is scheduled for 3 PM Alaska Standard Time.

  • Anchorage observes Alaska Standard Time during the winter months.

  • Meetings are scheduled at 10 a.m. Alaska Standard Time.

  • The live broadcast aired at 7 p.m. Alaska Standard Time.

Synonyms

Yukon Time
vsAlaska Standard Time
  • Archaic
7.2

Standard time in Yukon and parts of Alaska that is nine hours behind UTC

is the current standard time used in most of that northern US state

Surface Forms

Alaska Standard Time singular

Morphology

Alaska + standard + time

The meaning is directly derivable from combining the place name 'Alaska' with the conventional compound 'standard time' (the official clock time for a region). This place + standard time pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows regular semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will understand it.

Etymology

Alaska Standard Time comes from choosing one 'standard' clock for most of Alaska, so people there use the same time. That's why saying 10 a.m. Alaska Standard Time tells you the local time in Alaska, nine hours behind Greenwich Mean Time.