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Eastern Australia is on daylight saving time: AEDT (UTC+11) until Sun, Apr 4, 2027.

Queensland stays on AEST (UTC+10).

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10:00 pm22:00 AEST (UTC+10), Oct 23, 2026 = 11:00 pm23:00 LHDT (UTC+11), Oct 23, 2026

AEST is 1 hour behind LHDT.

AEST and LHDT examples

These examples always use AEST (UTC+10) 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.

AEST is 1 hour behind LHDT.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, AEST is 30 minutes behind LHST or AEST is 1 hour behind LHDT.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AEST correspond to 9:30 am to 6:30 pm in LHST or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AEST correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in LHDT.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AEST correspond to 09:30 to 18:30 in LHST or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AEST correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in LHDT.

Compare AEST time with LHDT 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 1 hour behind Lord Howe Daylight Time.
10:00 pm22:00 in AEST is 11:00 pm23:00 in LHDT

AEST to LHDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in AEST which corresponds to 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in LHDT

10:00 pm22:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Offset UTC +10:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT). Offset UTC +11:00 hours

10:00 pm22:00 AEST / 11:00 pm23:00 LHDT

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Australian Eastern Standard Time

Offset: AEST is 10 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AEST time zone is Sydney in Australia, with about 5.639 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle.

Map of the areas on Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
AEST all year AEST part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC+11 (AEDT).

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).

123456789101112End: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) 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 Eastern Standard Time (AEST) 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.

See Australia daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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

Lord Howe Daylight Time

Offset: LHDT is 11 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Map of the areas on Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT)
LHDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on LHDT.

Daylight Saving: Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back 30 minutes and observe Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST).

123456789101112Start: Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT) started on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set 30 minutes forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 2:30 am02:30. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Sunday of October.

123456789101112End: Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT) ends on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set 30 minutes back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 1:30 am01:30 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of April.

See Australia daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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
  • PONT - Pohnpei Standard Time
  • SBT - Solomon Islands Time
  • VLAST - Vladivostok Summer Time
  • VUT - Vanuatu Time