Sydney to UTC to AEST Time Converter
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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11:00 pm23:00 AEDT (UTC+11), Oct 20, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Oct 20, 2026 = 10:00 pm22:00 AEST (UTC+10), Oct 20, 2026
Sydney is 11 hours ahead of UTC. Sydney is 1 hour ahead of AEST.
How the time difference changes
Sydney to UTC
Depending on seasonal clock changes, Sydney is 10 hours ahead of UTC or Sydney is 11 hours ahead of UTC.
Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Sydney correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 8:00 am in UTC or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Sydney correspond to 10:00 pm (previous day) to 7:00 am in UTC.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Sydney correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 08:00 in UTC or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Sydney correspond to 22:00 (previous day) to 07:00 in UTC.
Sydney to AEST
Depending on seasonal clock changes, Sydney and AEST have the same time or Sydney is 1 hour ahead of AEST.
Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Sydney correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AEST or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Sydney correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in AEST.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Sydney correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in AEST or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Sydney correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in AEST.
Compare Sydney time with UTC and AEST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) is 11 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) is 1 hour ahead of Australian Eastern Standard Time.
11:00 pm23:00 in Sydney, Australia is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC and is 10:00 pm22:00 in AEST
Sydney to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30pm-7:30pm18:30-19:30 in Sydney which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in UTC. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
Sydney to AEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in Sydney which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in AEST
11:00 pm23:00 AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) (Sydney, Australia). Offset UTC +11:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
10:00 pm22:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Offset UTC +10:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 Sydney, Australia / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 10:00 pm22:00 AEST
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| Sydney, Australia | UTC | AEST |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00pm previous day | 11:00pm previous day | |
| 2:00pm previous day | 12:00am | |
| 3:00pm previous day | 1:00am | |
| 4:00pm previous day | 2:00am | |
| 5:00pm previous day | 3:00am | |
| 6:00pm previous day | 4:00am | |
| 7:00pm previous day | 5:00am | |
| 8:00pm previous day | 6:00am | |
| 9:00pm previous day | 7:00am | |
| 10:00pm previous day | 8:00am | |
| 11:00pm previous day | 9:00am | |
| 12:00am | 10:00am | |
| 1:00am | 11:00am | |
| 2:00am | 12:00pm | |
| 3:00am | 1:00pm | |
| 4:00am | 2:00pm | |
| 5:00am | 3:00pm | |
| 6:00am | 4:00pm | |
| 7:00am | 5:00pm | |
| 8:00am | 6:00pm | |
| 9:00am | 7:00pm | |
| 10:00am | 8:00pm | |
| 11:00am | 9:00pm | |
| 12:00pm | 10:00pm | |
| 13:00 previous day | 23:00 previous day | |
| 14:00 previous day | 00:00 | |
| 15:00 previous day | 01:00 | |
| 16:00 previous day | 02:00 | |
| 17:00 previous day | 03:00 | |
| 18:00 previous day | 04:00 | |
| 19:00 previous day | 05:00 | |
| 20:00 previous day | 06:00 | |
| 21:00 previous day | 07:00 | |
| 22:00 previous day | 08:00 | |
| 23:00 previous day | 09:00 | |
| 00:00 | 10:00 | |
| 01:00 | 11:00 | |
| 02:00 | 12:00 | |
| 03:00 | 13:00 | |
| 04:00 | 14:00 | |
| 05:00 | 15:00 | |
| 06:00 | 16:00 | |
| 07:00 | 17:00 | |
| 08:00 | 18:00 | |
| 09:00 | 19:00 | |
| 10:00 | 20:00 | |
| 11:00 | 21:00 | |
| 12:00 | 22:00 |
Sydney Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
AEST – Australian Eastern Standard Time, UTC+10 (standard time)
Sydney Facts
Coordinated Universal Time
Offset: UTC is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Burkina Faso, Faroe Islands, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Togo, United Kingdom, Western Sahara
Principal Cities: The largest city in the UTC time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is the successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but UTC is the standard the scientific community uses.
UTC has been the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, such as aviation and meteorology, and to synchronize time across internet networks.
UTC representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
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.
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).
End: 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.
Start: 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
- +10 - basic short
- +1000 - basic
- +10:00 - extended
- +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.
- Kilo - Military abbreviation for AEST
- K - short form of 'Kilo'
- 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
- 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
