ACDT
Australian Central Daylight Time
GMT +10:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CT
Central Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

Australian Central Daylight Time is 16 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Central Time
10:30 pm22:30 in ACDT is 6:00 am06:00 in CT

ACDT to CT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-9:30am in ACDT which corresponds to 4:30pm-5pm in CT (previous day)

10:30 pm22:30 Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT). Offset UTC +10:30 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Time (CT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

10:30 pm22:30 ACDT / 6:00 am06:00 CT

ACDTCT
12am (midnight)7:30 am
1am8:30 am
2am9:30 am
3am10:30 am
4am11:30 am
5am12:30 pm
6am1:30 pm
7am2:30 pm
8am3:30 pm
9am4:30 pm
10am5:30 pm
11am6:30 pm
12pm (noon)7:30 pm
1pm8:30 pm
2pm9:30 pm
3pm10:30 pm
4pm11:30 pm
5pm12:30 am
6pm1:30 am
7pm2:30 am
8pm3:30 am
9pm4:30 am
10pm5:30 am
11pm6:30 am
00:0007:30
01:0008:30
02:0009:30
03:0010:30
04:0011:30
05:0012:30
06:0013:30
07:0014:30
08:0015:30
09:0016:30
10:0017:30
11:0018:30
12:0019:30
13:0020:30
14:0021:30
15:0022:30
16:0023:30
17:0000:30
18:0001:30
19:0002:30
20:0003:30
21:0004:30
22:0005:30
23:0006:30

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. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Australian Central Standard Time (ACST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amStart: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) started on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, October 5, 2025, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Sunday of October

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amEnd: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) ends on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are 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

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

Central Time

Central Time (CT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.

Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.

Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States.

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

CT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CT
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone