The western Aleutian Islands observe Hawaii–Aleutian Time, one hour behind the remainder of the state.

The largest city in the Alaskan Time Zone is Anchorage, Alaska.

[6] Nome and the Aleutians previously observed Bering Standard Time or UTC−11:00.

In 1975, the Yukon Territory switched to Pacific Standard Time, leaving Yakutat the only land area in the zone.

When UTC−08:00 is applied in the summer (because of daylight saving time), this effect becomes even more apparent.

Very few people notice this, however, as these locations are virtually uninhabited, and for the very few people who do live there, the long days in the summer and short days in the winter make the sunrise and sunset times less important than areas closer to the equator.

Some local residents refer to this phenomenon as "double daylight time".

But political and logistical considerations have led to the use of two time zones, leading to the distortions mentioned above.