Alaska senators vote to end daylight saving time, ask feds to put state on Pacific Standard Time

Alaska senators vote to end daylight saving time

Alaska would be on the same time zone as Seattle for four months of the year, if a bill passed Monday by the Alaska Senate becomes law.

Alaska senators vote to end daylight saving time in America’s farthest-north state

Members of the Alaska Senate watch the votes for and against Senate Bill 26 on Monday, May 12, 2025, in Juneau. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)Alaska would be on the same time zone as Seattle for four months of the year, if a bill passed Monday by the Alaska Senate becomes law. The Senate voted 18-2 to pass Senate Bill 26, which would eliminate daylight saving time in Alaska and ask the federal government to put Alaska on Pacific Standard …

Alaska senators vote to end daylight saving time, ask feds to put state on Pacific Standard Time

Juneau Empire Juneau Empire - The Voice of Alaska's Capital Since 1912 Alaska would be on the same time zone as Seattle for four months of the year is bill becomes law. Alaska senators vote to end daylight saving time, ask feds to put state on Pacific Standard Time Wire Service

Utqiagvik, the northernmost town in Alaska, bid farewell to its last sunset of the year last Saturday (May 10), and entered the 84-day "extreme daylight" period, in which the sun will continue to rise.