Eagle River, United States · UTC-8
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Eagle River is a community north of Anchorage in the Matanuska-Susitna area, effectively a suburb of Alaska’s largest city. It uses America/Anchorage, UTC-9 in winter (Alaska Standard Time) and UTC-8 in summer (Alaska Daylight Time). Alaska observes standard US DST dates.
extreme daylight in Alaska’s suburb
At about 61 degrees north, Eagle River has some of the most dramatic daylight variation in the US outside of actual Arctic territory. Near the summer solstice, the sun barely dips below the horizon for about 4 hours; it never gets fully dark. In December, the sun is up for less than 5 hours. The daylight saving shift in spring and fall is felt acutely at these latitudes because the change in morning light is so stark.
Alaska Time (AKST) was set as UTC-9 rather than the UTC-10 that Alaska’s longitude would suggest. The choice was made to keep Alaska within one timezone zone and to maintain reasonable business hours overlap with the US West Coast (UTC-8/UTC-7). Anchorage and Eagle River, within a few kilometers of each other, run identically on this political rather than solar compromise.
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Questions about time in Eagle River
- What timezone is Eagle River in?
- Eagle River uses the IANA timezone
America/Anchorage. The UTC offset is UTC-9 in winter (standard time) and UTC-8 during daylight saving time (summer). - Does Eagle River observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Eagle River observes daylight saving time, shifting from UTC-9 (standard time) to UTC-8 in summer.
- What is the current UTC offset for Eagle River?
- Eagle River is currently at UTC-8. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Eagle River and New York?
- Eagle River is currently 4 hours behind New York.
- What is the time difference between Eagle River and London?
- Eagle River is currently 9 hours behind London.
- What is the time difference between Eagle River and Los Angeles?
- Eagle River is currently 1 hour behind Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Eagle River and Tokyo?
- Eagle River is currently 17 hours behind Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Eagle River transitions to/from DST.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Eagle River?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Eagle River is
America/Anchorage. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/Anchorage' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('America/Anchorage')`), or any IANA-compatible library.