Australia Time Zones
Time Zone of a Place
What time zone is it in Australia?
Answer
Time zones in Australia
Australian Eastern Time, Australian Central Time and Australian Western Time
Two enclaves keep their own clocks: Eucla in the far west is on UTC+8:45 and Lord Howe Island on UTC+10:30, moving only half an hour in summer.
The zones in Australia: Australian Eastern Time, Australian Central Time and Australian Western Time.
Time Zone Facts
- Number of zones
- 3
- Offsets
- UTC+8 – UTC+10
- Clock changes
- it depends on the part — see the table below
- Daylight saving time in effect now
- No
The Parts and Their Zones
| Part | Time zone | Standard time | Daylight saving time |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT, which do switch to summer time | Australian Eastern Time | UTC+10 | UTC+11 |
| Queensland, which keeps Eastern Time all year | Australian Eastern Time | UTC+10 | — |
| South Australia, half an hour behind the east, switching to summer time | Australian Central Time | UTC+9:30 | UTC+10:30 |
| the Northern Territory, which keeps Central Time all year | Australian Central Time | UTC+9:30 | — |
| Western Australia, including Perth | Australian Western Time | UTC+8 | — |
Time Difference
- UTC
- 10 hours ahead
- Eastern Time
- 14 hours ahead
- Central Time
- 15 hours ahead
- Mountain Time
- 16 hours ahead
- Pacific Time
- 17 hours ahead
- Moscow Time
- MSK+7 in standard time, MSK+8 in daylight time
The difference is calculated for the part «New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT, which do switch to summer time».
Current time in Australia
UTC+10
UTC+10 — add 10 hours to UTC
New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT, which do switch to summer time
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