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Timezones and time changes in Australia

There are 5 different timezones in Australia. Countries with a large distance from West to East are often devided into two or more timezones to adjust daytimes to the position of the sun. Timezones are always computed relatively to UTC, the "Universal Time Coordinated".

In Australia exists a time difference of up to 2.5 hours between the East and the West. Like in most parts of the USA, there is a distinction in Australia drawn between standard time and daylight saving time (also called winter time and summer time), but this distinction is not nationwide. 5 regions put the clocks forward by 1 hour in summer. 4 regions keep the standard time year-round.

The next clock change in Sydney will be on April 02nd, 2023 at 3:00 to standard time. This means that it gets light earlier in the morning and darker earlier in the evening.


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Timezones by region

RegionUTCStandard timeDaylight saving time
Adelaide+9.5Australian Central Time (ACST)Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT)
Brisbane+10Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)discontinued 1992
Broken Hill+9.5Australian Central Time (ACST)Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT)
Darwin+9.5Australian Central Time (ACST)discontinued 1944
Eucla+8.75Australian Central Western Standard Time (ACWST)discontinued 2009
Lord Howe+10.5Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST)Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT)
Melbourne+10Australian Eastern Time (AEST)Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)
Perth+8Australian Western Standard Time (AWST)discontinued 2009
Sydney+10Australian Eastern Time (AEST)Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)

Timezones

The next clock changes in Sydney

DateLocal timeChange
Apr 03, 20223:00 am-1 hour to standard time
Oct 02, 20222:00 am+1 hour to daylight saving time
Apr 02, 20233:00 am-1 hour to standard time
Oct 01, 20232:00 am+1 hour to daylight saving time
Apr 07, 20243:00 am-1 hour to standard time
Oct 06, 20242:00 am+1 hour to daylight saving time
Apr 06, 20253:00 am-1 hour to standard time
Oct 05, 20252:00 am+1 hour to daylight saving time
Apr 05, 20263:00 am-1 hour to standard time
Oct 04, 20262:00 am+1 hour to daylight saving time



Changes in Daylight Saving Times

In Brisbane Daylight Saving Time has been observed since 1917 until 03/01/1992.
In Darwin Daylight Saving Time has been observed since 1917 until 03/26/1944.
In Eucla Daylight Saving Time has been observed since 1917 until 03/29/2009.
In Perth Daylight Saving Time has been observed since 1917 until 03/29/2009.

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Australia: Public HolidaysPublic holidays in Australia 2022-2026Statutory and inofficial holidays in Australia for 2022 to 2026