Australia has three time zones. They are Australian Western Standard time (AWST) , Australian Central Standard time (ACST ) and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) . In this article, time in each zone is given taking UTC as the base . UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time , which for all practical purposes , same as the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Below is the list of Australian States and Territories with time zones and day light saving time information.
South Australia
Australian Central Daylight Time – UTC + 10:30 hours – This time zone offset is used during summer
Australian Central Standard Time – UTC + 9:30 hours – This time zone offset is used during winter in this location
Start of Day Light Saving time – First Sunday in October at 2:00 AM
End of day light saving time – First Sunday in April at 2:00AM (which is 3am Daylight Saving Time)
New South Wales – only in Yancowinna County
Australian Central Day Light Time – UTC + 10:30 hours – This time zone offset is used during summer.
Australian Central Standard Time – UTC + 9:30 hours – This time zone offset is used during winter in this location
Start of Day Light Saving time – First Sunday in October at 2:00 AM
End of day light saving time – First Sunday in April at 2:00AM (which is 3am Daylight Saving Time)
Northern Territorry
Australian Central Standard Time – UTC + 9:30 hours
This time standard is used in Darwin all year round.
Australian Capital Territory
Australian Eastern Daylight Time – Time zone offset: UTC + 11 hours – This time zone offset is used during summer
Australian Eastern Standard Time – Time zone offset: UTC + 10 hours – This time zone offset is used during winter in this location
Start of Day Light Saving time – First Sunday in October at 2:00 AM
End of day light saving time – First Sunday in April at 2:00AM (which is 3am Daylight Saving Time)
New South Wales – except Yancowinna County
Australian Eastern Daylight Time – Time zone offset: UTC + 11 hours– This time zone offset is used during summer
Australian Eastern Standard Time – Time zone offset: UTC + 10 hours – This time zone offset is used during winter in this location
Start of Day Light Saving time – First Sunday in October at 2:00 AM
End of day light saving time – First Sunday in April at 2:00AM (which is 3am Daylight Saving Time)
Tasmania
Australian Eastern Daylight Time – Time zone offset: UTC + 11 hours – This time zone offset is used during summer
Australian Eastern Standard Time – Time zone offset: UTC + 10 hours – This time zone offset is used during winter in this location
Start of Day Light Saving time – First Sunday in October at 2:00 AM
End of day light saving time – First Sunday in April at 2:00AM (which is 3am Daylight Saving Time)
Victoria
Australian Eastern Daylight Time – Time zone offset: UTC + 11 hours – This time zone offset is used during summer
Australian Eastern Standard Time – Time zone offset: UTC + 10 hours – This time zone offset is used during winter in this location
Start of Day Light Saving time – First Sunday in October at 2:00 AM
End of day light saving time – First Sunday in April at 2:00AM (which is 3am Daylight Saving Time)
Queensland
Australian Eastern Standard Time – Time zone offset: UTC + 10 hours – This time zone is used in Queensland all around the year.
Western Australia
Australian Western Standard Time – Time zone offset: UTC + 8 hours – This time zone offset is used all year in this location
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Time – Time zone offset: UTC + 11:30 hours – This time zone offset is used all year in this location
Christmas Island
Christmas Island Time – Time zone offset: UTC + 7 hours – This time zone offset is used all year in this location
Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
Queensland, New South Wales (with the exception of the town of Broken Hill), Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.
Coordinated Universal Time plus 10 hours (UTC +10).
Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)
South Australia, the town of Broken Hill in western New South Wales and the Northern Territory.
Coordinated Universal Time plus 9.5 hours (UTC +9.5).
Australian Western Standard Time (AWST)
Western Australia.
Coordinated Universal Time plus 8 hours (UTC +8).
The Clocks are advanced by one hour during summer in States that observe day light saving time which includes New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory. The clocks are put back by 1:00 hour in April when the day light saving time ends.
Where Daylight saving is observed:
NSW, ACT,Vic and Tas move from AEST to Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT), and clocks are advanced to UTC +11.
SA and the NSW town of Broken Hill move from ACST to Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT), and clocks are advanced to UTC +10.5 .
Daylight saving is not observed in Queensland, the Northern Territory or Western Australia.
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