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Convert Argentina Time to Alaska Standard Time

Instantly convert Argentina Time (ART) to Alaska Standard Time (AKST) with our free online calculator.

Reviewed by Christopher FloiedUpdated

Argentina Time

02:20:52 AM

Wed, Jun 24 (ART)

Alaska Standard Time

08:20:52 PM

Tue, Jun 23 (AKST)

AKST is -6 hours from ART

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24-Hour Comparison

ARTAKST
12:00 AM6:00 PM(-1d)
1:00 AM7:00 PM(-1d)
2:00 AM8:00 PM(-1d)
3:00 AM9:00 PM(-1d)
4:00 AM10:00 PM(-1d)
5:00 AM11:00 PM(-1d)
6:00 AM12:00 AM
7:00 AM1:00 AM
8:00 AM2:00 AM
9:00 AM3:00 AM
10:00 AM4:00 AM
11:00 AM5:00 AM
12:00 PM6:00 AM
1:00 PM7:00 AM
2:00 PM8:00 AM
3:00 PM9:00 AM
4:00 PM10:00 AM
5:00 PM11:00 AM
6:00 PM12:00 PM
7:00 PM1:00 PM
8:00 PM2:00 PM
9:00 PM3:00 PM
10:00 PM4:00 PM
11:00 PM5:00 PM

How to Convert Argentina Time to Alaska Standard Time

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To convert Argentina Time (ART) to Alaska Standard Time (AKST): Convert ART to AKST

About Argentina Time (ART)

Argentina Time (ART, IANA: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires) is the official civil time of the Argentine Republic, set at UTC-3:00 year-round. Argentina abolished Daylight Saving Time in 2009 by Presidential Decree 1602/2009 after a brief experiment with DST (2007-2009) that was poorly received nationally. ART serves all 23 Argentine provinces + the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, approximately 47 million people. Major cities: Buenos Aires (3M city, 16M metro), Córdoba (1.5M), Rosario (1.3M), Mendoza (1.2M), Tucumán (900K), La Plata (700K). ART is the same offset as Brasília Time (BRT), Uruguay Time (UYT), French Guiana Time (GFT), and Greenland Standard Time (WGT) — making cross-South-American coordination relatively simple within the eastern half of the continent. ART affects: BCBA Mercado de Valores de Buenos Aires (MERVAL) trading hours, La Bombonera + River Plate football match scheduling, Argentine Tax Authority AFIP filing deadlines, and Mendoza wine-tourism harvest-season vineyard schedules.

About Alaska Standard Time (AKST)

Alaska Standard Time (AKST, IANA: America/Anchorage and America/Juneau) is the time zone for most of the State of Alaska, set at UTC-9:00. AKST is observed from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March per the Uniform Time Act of 1966 + Energy Policy Act of 2005; Alaska switches to Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT = UTC-8:00) for the remainder of the year. The vast Alaska time zone covers ~3,200 km east-to-west — from Ketchikan to Atka in the Aleutians — and is the only US time zone that spans more than 1,000 miles longitudinally, meaning solar-noon in different Alaska cities varies by over an hour from local clock time. Major population centers: Anchorage (~290,000), Fairbanks (~95,000), Juneau state capital (~32,000). Used in coordination of cruise-ship schedules through the Inside Passage, North Slope oil-pipeline operations, US Air Force JBER and Eielson AFB activities, and Alaska commercial fishing season openings managed by ADF&G.

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