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ACST/ACDT
Australian Central Standard Time
GMT +9:30
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6pm
9pm
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.
LHST/LHDT
Lord Howe Standard Time
GMT +10:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
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6pm
9pm
LHDT is not used on September 21, 2026

This converter uses LHST for Lord Howe Island.

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The selected date and time will appear here when the converter loads.

ACDT and LHDT examples

These examples always use ACDT (UTC+10:30) and LHDT (UTC+11). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

ACDT is 30 minutes behind LHDT.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, ACDT is 30 minutes behind LHDT or ACST is 1 hour behind LHST. Briefly around clock changes, ACDT and LHST have the same time or ACST is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind LHDT.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ACDT correspond to 9:30 am to 5:30 pm in LHDT or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ACST correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in LHST.

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

Time Difference

Australian Central Standard Time is 1 hour behind Lord Howe Standard Time
10:00 pm22:00 in ACST is 11:00 pm23:00 in LHST

ACST to LHST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm in ACST which corresponds to 10am-5pm in LHST

10:00 pm22:00 Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). Offset UTC +9:30 hours
11:00 pm23:00 Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST). Offset UTC +10:30 hours

10:00 pm22:00 ACST / 11:00 pm23:00 LHST

ACSTLHST
12am (midnight)1am
1am2am
2am3am
3am4am
4am5am
5am6am
6am7am
7am8am
8am9am
9am10am
10am11am
11am12pm (noon)
12pm (noon)1pm
1pm2pm
2pm3pm
3pm4pm
4pm5pm
5pm6pm
6pm7pm
7pm8pm
8pm9pm
9pm10pm
10pm11pm
11pm12am (midnight)
00:0001:00
01:0002:00
02:0003:00
03:0004:00
04:0005:00
05:0006:00
06:0007:00
07:0008:00
08:0009:00
09:0010:00
10:0011:00
11:0012:00
12:0013:00
13:0014:00
14:0015:00
15:0016:00
16:0017:00
17:0018:00
18:0019:00
19:0020:00
20:0021:00
21:0022:00
22:0023:00
23:0000:00

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 1.469 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Adelaide Hills, Mount Gambier, Morphett Vale, Broken Hill.

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

Lord Howe Daylight Time

Offset: LHDT is 11 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

Daylight Saving: Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST).

End: Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT) ended on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 1:30 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of April

Start: Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT) starts on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 2:30 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Sunday of October

LHDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +11 - basic short
  • +1100 - basic
  • +11:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Lima - Military abbreviation for LHDT
  • L - short form of 'Lima'
Time zones with the GMT +11 offset:
  • AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
  • BST - Bougainville Standard Time
  • KOST - Kosrae Time
  • L - Lima Time Zone
  • LHDT - Lord Howe Daylight Time
  • MAGT - Magadan Time
  • NCT - New Caledonia Time
  • NFT - Norfolk Time
  • PETT - Kamchatka Time
  • PONT - Pohnpei Standard Time
  • SBT - Solomon IslandsTime
  • VLAST - Vladivostok Summer Time
  • VUT - Vanuatu Time