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This converter keeps ACST at UTC+9:30. Adelaide uses ACDT (UTC+10:30) on this date. Open the ACDT converter, or choose Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, or Mount Gambier for city-specific time.
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Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.

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9:30 pm21:30 ACST (UTC+9:30), Oct 12, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 12, 2026

ACST is 16 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PDT.

ACST and PST (US winter time, UTC-8) examples

These examples always use ACST (UTC+9:30) and PST (UTC-8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

ACST is 17 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PST.

PST is US Pacific winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year Los Angeles uses PDT (UTC-7), one hour later. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use ACST to PT. For daylight-time examples, use ACST to PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, ACST is 16 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, ACST is 17 hours and 30 minutes ahead of PST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ACST correspond to 4:30 pm (previous day) to 12:30 am in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ACST correspond to 3:30 pm (previous day) to 11:30 pm (previous day) in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in ACST correspond to 16:30 (previous day) to 00:30 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in ACST correspond to 15:30 (previous day) to 23:30 (previous day) in PST.

Compare ACST time with PST 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 16 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
9:30 pm21:30 in ACST is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

ACST to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-9:30am09:00-09:30 in ACST which corresponds to 4:30pm-5pm16:30-17:00 in PDT (previous day)

9:30 pm21:30 Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). Offset UTC +9:30 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

9:30 pm21:30 ACST / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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Australian Central Standard Time

Offset: ACST is 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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, Palmerston, Alice Springs, Mount Gambier.

Map of the areas on Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)
ACST all year ACST part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC+10:30 (ACDT).

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).

123456789101112End: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) ended on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.

123456789101112Start: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) starts on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

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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

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

Map of the areas on Pacific Standard Time (PST)
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Today the shaded areas are on UTC−7 (PDT).

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

123456789101112End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

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PST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone