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IRKT to ACST Converter

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IRKT
Irkutsk Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
ACST
Australian Central Standard Time
GMT +9:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
ACST is not used on this date
This converter keeps ACST at GMT +9:30. Adelaide uses ACDT (GMT +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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IRKT and ACST examples

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

IRKT is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind ACST.

How the time difference changes

IRKT is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind ACST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IRKT correspond to 10:30 am to 6:30 pm in ACST.

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

Time Difference

Irkutsk Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind Australian Central Standard Time
8:00 pm20:00 in IRKT is 9:30 pm21:30 in ACST

IRKT to ACST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3:30pm in IRKT which corresponds to 10:30am-5pm in ACST

8:00 pm20:00 Irkutsk Time (IRKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
9:30 pm21:30 Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). Offset UTC +9:30 hours

8:00 pm20:00 IRKT / 9:30 pm21:30 ACST

IRKTACST
12am (midnight)1:30 am
1am2:30 am
2am3:30 am
3am4:30 am
4am5:30 am
5am6:30 am
6am7:30 am
7am8:30 am
8am9:30 am
9am10:30 am
10am11:30 am
11am12:30 pm
12pm (noon)1:30 pm
1pm2:30 pm
2pm3:30 pm
3pm4:30 pm
4pm5:30 pm
5pm6:30 pm
6pm7:30 pm
7pm8:30 pm
8pm9:30 pm
9pm10:30 pm
10pm11:30 pm
11pm12:30 am
00:0001:30
01:0002:30
02:0003:30
03:0004:30
04:0005:30
05:0006:30
06:0007:30
07:0008:30
08:0009:30
09:0010:30
10:0011:30
11:0012:30
12:0013:30
13:0014:30
14:0015:30
15:0016:30
16:0017:30
17:0018:30
18:0019:30
19:0020:30
20:0021:30
21:0022:30
22:0023:30
23:0000:30

Irkutsk Time

Offset: IRKT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Russia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IRKT time zone is Irkutsk in Russia, with about 623,869 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Ulan Ude, Bratsk, Angarsk, Ust Ilimsk.

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

IRKT Time Zone Geo Map
IRKT timezone map

IRKT 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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for IRKT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • 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

Australian Central Standard Time

Offset: ACST is 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ACST time zone is Darwin in Australia, with about 139,902 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Palmerston, Alice Springs.

ACST Time Zone Geo Map
ACST 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 Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) ended on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, October 5, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) starts on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

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
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