AEST
Australian Eastern Standard Time
GMT +10
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ACST/ACDT
Australian Central Standard Time
GMT +9:30
12am
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ACDT is not used on this date
This converter uses ACST (GMT +9:30), the offset Adelaide uses on this date. Open the ACST converter.

Compare AEST time with ACDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Australian Eastern Standard Time is 0 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Australian Central Standard Time
8:00 am08:00 in AEST is 7:30 am07:30 in ACST

AEST to ACST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9:30am-5pm in AEST which corresponds to 9am-4:30pm in ACST

8:00 am08:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Offset UTC +10:00 hours
7:30 am07:30 Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). Offset UTC +9:30 hours

8:00 am08:00 AEST / 7:30 am07:30 ACST

AESTACST
12am (midnight)11:30 pm
1am12:30 am
2am1:30 am
3am2:30 am
4am3:30 am
5am4:30 am
6am5:30 am
7am6:30 am
8am7:30 am
9am8:30 am
10am9:30 am
11am10:30 am
12pm (noon)11:30 am
1pm12:30 pm
2pm1:30 pm
3pm2:30 pm
4pm3:30 pm
5pm4:30 pm
6pm5:30 pm
7pm6:30 pm
8pm7:30 pm
9pm8:30 pm
10pm9:30 pm
11pm10:30 pm
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01:0000:30
02:0001:30
03:0002:30
04:0003:30
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06:0005:30
07:0006:30
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10:0009:30
11:0010:30
12:0011:30
13:0012:30
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20:0019:30
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Australian Eastern Standard Time

Offset: AEST is 10 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AEST time zone is Sydney in Australia, with about 4.627 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Canberra.

AEST Time Zone Geo Map
AEST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) started on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) ends on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.

Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) is used in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales (except Broken Hill), Australian Capital Territory and in folling major cities Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra

Only part of Australia observe daylight saving. It is used in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory. Daylight saving is not observed in Queensland, Western Australia or the Northern Territory.

AEST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +10 - basic short
  • +1000 - basic
  • +10:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Kilo - Military abbreviation for AEST
  • K - short form of 'Kilo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects AEST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Antarctica/Macquarie
  • Australia/ACT
  • Australia/Brisbane
  • Australia/Canberra
  • Australia/Currie
  • Australia/Hobart
  • Australia/Lindeman
  • Australia/Melbourne
  • Australia/NSW
  • Australia/Queensland
  • Australia/Sydney
  • Australia/Tasmania
  • Australia/Victoria
Time zones with the GMT +10 offset:
  • AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time
  • CHUT - Chuuk Time
  • ChST - Chamorro Standard Time
  • K - Kilo Time Zone
  • KDT - Korea Daylight Time
  • PGT - Papua New Guinea Time
  • VLAT - Vladivostok Time
  • YAKST - Yakutsk Summer Time
  • YAPT - Yap Time

Australian Central Daylight Time

Offset: ACDT is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ACDT time zone is Adelaide in Australia, with about 1.225 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Adelaide Hills, Mount Gambier, Morphett Vale, Prospect.

ACDT Time Zone Geo Map
ACDT timezone map

Daylight Saving: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Australian Central Standard Time (ACST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 3am to 4amEnd: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) ended on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of April

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) starts on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Sunday of October

ACDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +1030 - basic
  • +10:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1030 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects ACDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Australia/Adelaide
  • Australia/Broken_Hill
  • Australia/South
  • Australia/Yancowinna
Time zones with the GMT +10:30 offset:
  • ACDT - Australian Central Daylight Time
  • LHST - Lord Howe Standard Time