Australia
AEST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
yesterday
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
NZST
New Zealand Standard Time
GMT +12
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of India Standard Time and 2 hours behind New Zealand Standard Time
12:00 am00:00 in Sydney, Australia is 7:30 pm19:30 in IST and is 2:00 am02:00 in NZST

Sydney to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1:30pm-5pm in Sydney which corresponds to 9am-12:30pm in IST
Sydney to NZST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm in Sydney which corresponds to 11am-5pm in NZST

12:00 am00:00 AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) (Sydney, Australia). Offset UTC +10:00 hours
7:30 pm19:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
2:00 am02:00 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours

12:00 am00:00 Sydney, Australia / 7:30 pm19:30 IST / 2:00 am02:00 NZST

Sydney, AustraliaISTNZST
12am (midnight)7:30 pm2am
1am8:30 pm3am
2am9:30 pm4am
3am10:30 pm5am
4am11:30 pm6am
5am12:30 am7am
6am1:30 am8am
7am2:30 am9am
8am3:30 am10am
9am4:30 am11am
10am5:30 am12pm (noon)
11am6:30 am1pm
12pm (noon)7:30 am2pm
1pm8:30 am3pm
2pm9:30 am4pm
3pm10:30 am5pm
4pm11:30 am6pm
5pm12:30 pm7pm
6pm1:30 pm8pm
7pm2:30 pm9pm
8pm3:30 pm10pm
9pm4:30 pm11pm
10pm5:30 pm12am (midnight)
11pm6:30 pm1am
00:0019:3002:00
01:0020:3003:00
02:0021:3004:00
03:0022:3005:00
04:0023:3006:00
05:0000:3007:00
06:0001:3008:00
07:0002:3009:00
08:0003:3010:00
09:0004:3011:00
10:0005:3012:00
11:0006:3013:00
12:0007:3014:00
13:0008:3015:00
14:0009:3016:00
15:0010:3017:00
16:0011:3018:00
17:0012:3019:00
18:0013:3020:00
19:0014:3021:00
20:0015:3022:00
21:0016:3023:00
22:0017:3000:00
23:0018:3001:00

Sydney Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time
AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+10:00 hours during Australian Eastern Standard Time, currently in use.
+11:00 hours during Australian Eastern Daylight Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is NOT in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 1st Sunday of October. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amSunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of April. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Sydney Facts

Country
Australia
Alternative Names
SYD, Sanctus Dionysius, Sedniejos, Sek-na, Sidnef, Sidnei, Sidnej, Sidneja, Sidnejo, Sidnejus, Sidney, Sidneý, Sidni, Sidnéy, Sidnėjus, Sit-ni, Sit-nì, Syd, Sydneium, Sydney, Sydney City, Sék-nà̤, Sídney, Sîdney, Sėdniejos, citni, shidoni, sidani, sideuni, sidnei, sidni, sidniy, sydny, xi ni, xue li, Σίδνεϋ, Сиднеи, Сидней, Сиднеј, Сидни, Сідней, Сідні, Սիդնեյ, סידני, سيدنى, سيدني, سڈنی, سیدنی, ܣܝܕܢܝ, सिडनी, सिड्नी, सिद्नी, সিডনি, ਸਿਡਨੀ, સીડની, சிட்னி, సిడ్నీ, ಸಿಡ್ನಿ, സിഡ്നി, සිඩ්නි, ซิดนีย์, སིད་ནེ།, ဆစ်ဒနီမြို့, სიდნეი, ሲድኒ, ស៊ីដនីយ៏, シドニー, 悉尼, 雪梨, 시드니
Population
4,627,345
Currency
Dollar (AUD)
Geographic Coordinates
33° 52' S Latitude / 151° 12' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+61

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

IST Time Zone Geo Map
IST timezone map

IST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0530 - basic
  • +05:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Calcutta
  • Asia/Kolkata
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
  • Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
  • Israel Standard Time - UTC +2

New Zealand Standard Time

Offset: NZST is 12 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, New Zealand

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NZST time zone is Auckland in New Zealand, with about 1.535 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga.

NZST Time Zone Geo Map
NZST 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 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) 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: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) ends on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, September 27, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of September.

NZST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +12 - basic short
  • +1200 - basic
  • +12:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (12) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of twelve hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Mike - Military abbreviation for NZST
  • M - short form of 'Mike'
IANA/Olson: Reflects NZST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Antarctica/McMurdo
  • Antarctica/South_Pole
  • NZ
  • Pacific/Auckland
Time zones with the GMT +12 offset:
  • ANAST - Anadyr Summer Time
  • ANAT - Anadyr Time
  • FJT - Fiji Time
  • GILT - Gilbert Island Time
  • M - Mike Time Zone
  • MAGST - Magadan Summer Time
  • MHT - Marshall Islands Time
  • NRT - Nauru Time
  • NZST - New Zealand Standard Time
  • PETST - Kamchatka Summer Time
  • TVT - Tuvalu Time
  • WFT - Wallis and Futuna Time