PKT to AEST 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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5:00 pm17:00 PKT (UTC+5), Oct 18, 2026 = 10:00 pm22:00 AEST (UTC+10), Oct 18, 2026
PKT is 5 hours behind AEST.
PKT and AEST examples
These examples always use PKT (UTC+5) and AEST (UTC+10). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
PKT is 5 hours behind AEST.
How the time difference changes
PKT is 5 hours behind AEST year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PKT correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in AEST.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PKT correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 in AEST.
Compare PKT time with AEST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pakistan Standard Time is 5 hours behind Australian Eastern Standard Time.
5:00 pm17:00 in PKT is 10:00 pm22:00 in AEST
PKT to AEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in PKT which corresponds to 2pm-6pm14:00-18:00 in AEST
5:00 pm17:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
10:00 pm22:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Offset UTC +10:00 hours
5:00 pm17:00 PKT / 10:00 pm22:00 AEST
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Pakistan Standard Time
Offset: PKT is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Pakistan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PKT time zone is Lahore in Pakistan, with about 13.004 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Karachi, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so PKT 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 Pakistan: Pakistan time now
PKT representations, usage and related time zones
- +05 - basic short
- +0500 - basic
- +05:00 - extended
- +0500 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Echo - Military abbreviation for PKT
- E - short form of 'Echo'
- Asia/Karachi
- ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
- AMST - Armenia Summer Time
- AQTT - Aqtobe Time
- AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
- E - Echo Time Zone
- MAWT - Mawson Time
- MVT - Maldives Time
- ORAT - Oral Time
- PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
- QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
- TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
- TJT - Tajikistan Time
- TMT - Turkmenistan Time
- UZT - Uzbekistan Time
- YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
- HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time
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.
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).
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