AWST to JST Converter
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8:00 pm20:00 AWST (UTC+8), Oct 16, 2026 = 9:00 pm21:00 JST (UTC+9), Oct 16, 2026
AWST is 1 hour behind JST.
AWST and JST examples
These examples always use AWST (UTC+8) and JST (UTC+9). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
AWST is 1 hour behind JST.
How the time difference changes
AWST is 1 hour behind JST year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AWST correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in JST.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AWST correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in JST.
Compare AWST time with JST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Australian Western Standard Time is 1 hour behind Japan Standard Time.
8:00 pm20:00 in AWST is 9:00 pm21:00 in JST
AWST to JST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in AWST which corresponds to 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in JST
8:00 pm20:00 Australian Western Standard Time (AWST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Japan Standard Time (JST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 AWST / 9:00 pm21:00 JST
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Australian Western Standard Time
Offset: AWST is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Australia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AWST time zone is Perth in Australia, with about 2.384 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mandurah, Bunbury, Geraldton, Albany.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) do not change for daylight saving time, so AWST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
AWST representations, usage and related time zones
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
- +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 east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for AWST
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- Australia/Perth
- Australia/West
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian Time
Japan Standard Time
Offset: JST is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Japan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the JST time zone is Tokyo in Japan, with about 9.733 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Japan Standard Time (JST) do not change for daylight saving time, so JST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Current time in Japan: Japan time now
JST representations, usage and related time zones
- +09 - basic short
- +0900 - basic
- +09:00 - extended
- +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- India - Military abbreviation for JST
- I - short form of 'India'
- Asia/Tokyo
- Japan
- AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
- CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
- I - India Time Zone
- IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
- JST - Japan Standard Time
- KST - Korea Standard Time
- PWT - Palau Time
- TLT - East Timor Time
- ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
- WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
- YAKT - Yakutsk Time