AKST stands for Alaska Standard Time. It is always UTC-9.
AKST is standard time. While daylight saving time is in effect, the same areas use AKDT (UTC-8) instead.
Right now Anchorage uses AKDT (UTC-8), not AKST.
Where AKST is used
United States.
In some of these countries AKST is used only in part of the country or only part of the year.