Australia Time Zones

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What time zone is it in Australia?

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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

Time zones
Australian Eastern Time, Australian Central Time and Australian Western Time
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 zoneStandard timeDaylight saving time
New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT, which do switch to summer timeAustralian Eastern TimeUTC+10 UTC+11
Queensland, which keeps Eastern Time all yearAustralian Eastern TimeUTC+10 —
South Australia, half an hour behind the east, switching to summer timeAustralian Central TimeUTC+9:30 UTC+10:30
the Northern Territory, which keeps Central Time all yearAustralian Central TimeUTC+9:30 —
Western Australia, including PerthAustralian Western TimeUTC+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 — add 10 hours to UTC
New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT, which do switch to summer time

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Time Zones: Countries

PlaceTime zone
AngolaUTC+1
ArgentinaUTC−3
ArmeniaUTC+4
AustraliaAustralian Eastern Time, Australian Central Time and Australian Western Time
BelarusUTC+3
BrazilUTC−2, Brasília Time, UTC−4 and UTC−5
CanadaNewfoundland Time, Atlantic Time, Eastern Time, Central Time, Mountain Time and Pacific Time
ChinaUTC+8
ColombiaUTC−5
Czech RepublicCentral European Time
EgyptEastern European Time
FinlandEastern European Time
FranceCentral European Time
Georgia (country)UTC+4
GermanyCentral European Time
GreeceEastern European Time
IndiaIndia Standard Time
IndonesiaUTC+7, UTC+8 and UTC+9
IrelandIrish Time
IsraelIsrael Time
ItalyCentral European Time
JapanJapan Standard Time
JordanUTC+3
KazakhstanUTC+5
KyrgyzstanUTC+6
MalaysiaUTC+8
MexicoMexican Central Time, Mexican Pacific Time, Mexican Northwest Time and Mexican Southeast Time
MozambiqueUTC+2
NetherlandsCentral European Time
New ZealandNew Zealand Time
ParaguayUTC−3
PortugalWestern European Time and UTC−1
RussiaKaliningrad Time, Moscow Time, Samara Time, Yekaterinburg Time, Omsk Time, Krasnoyarsk Time, Irkutsk Time, Yakutsk Time, Vladivostok Time, Magadan Time and Kamchatka Time
SerbiaCentral European Time
South AfricaSouth Africa Standard Time
South KoreaKorea Standard Time
SpainCentral European Time and Western European Time
ThailandUTC+7
TurkeyUTC+3
UkraineEastern European Time

FAQ

What time zone is it in Australia?

Time zones in Australia Australian Eastern Time, Australian Central Time and Australian Western Time

Is daylight saving time observed in Australia?

It depends on the part: the table of parts above names the clock change of each one.

How many time zones are there in Australia?

There are 3 of them, from UTC+8 to UTC+10: Australian Eastern Time, Australian Central Time and Australian Western Time.

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