Now, the detail-oriented people among you will notice that I didn't say anyone was right or wrong, and I didn't use strong words such as should hyphenate or must hyphenate. I chose my words carefully because the rules about hyphens can hardly be called rules; there are so many exceptions it's making me crazy.
See full time zone map. Some places observe daylight saving time/summer time during the summer, and therefore use AKDT (Alaska Daylight Time) in the summer. An email sent from someone in the Alaska Standard Time (AKST) time zone will have the time zone listed as -0900 in the headers of the email. (However, -0900 does not have to be in Alaska Standard Time, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
The time zones are Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific. You might notice that live television programs often begin at 8:00 Eastern, 7:00 Central, 6:00 Mountain and 5:00 Pacific. Alaska is an hour behind Pacific Time and Hawaii is two hours behind Pacific Time.For convenience, almost all of Alaska uses a single time zone. During the period when Daylight Saving Time is not in use, the sun is overhead at about noon in Alaskaâs capital, Juneau. Juneau is in the eastern portion of Alaska.ost of the United States sets their clocks ahead one hour in the summer, so during Daylight Saving Time the east coast of the United States is four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time. There are four time zones in the continental United States.