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ACST
Australian Central Standard Time
GMT +9:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
LHST
Lord Howe Standard Time
GMT +10:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

ACST and LHST examples

These examples always use ACST (UTC+9:30) and LHST (UTC+10:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

ACST is 1 hour behind LHST.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, ACST is 1 hour behind LHST 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 ACST correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in LHST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ACST correspond to 10:30 am to 6:30 pm in LHDT.

Compare ACST time with LHST 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
5:30 am05:30 in ACST is 6:30 am06:30 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

5:30 am05:30 Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). Offset UTC +9:30 hours
6:30 am06:30 Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST). Offset UTC +10:30 hours

5:30 am05:30 ACST / 6:30 am06:30 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 Standard Time

Offset: ACST is 9 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 ACST time zone is Adelaide in Australia, with about 1.469 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Darwin, Adelaide Hills, Palmerston, Alice Springs.

ACST Time Zone Geo Map
ACST 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 Central Daylight Time (ACDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) 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 Central Standard Time (ACST) 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.

ACST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0930 - basic
  • +09:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0930 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects ACST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Australia/Adelaide
  • Australia/Broken_Hill
  • Australia/Darwin
  • Australia/North
  • Australia/South
  • Australia/Yancowinna

Lord Howe Standard Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Australia

LHST Time Zone Geo Map
LHST 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 Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT).

Start: Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST) started 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

End: Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST) ends 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.

LHST 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.
Time zones with the GMT +10:30 offset:
  • ACDT - Australian Central Daylight Time
  • LHST - Lord Howe Standard Time