
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 October 02nd, 2022 at 2:00 to daylight saving time. This means that it gets light later in the morning and dark later in the evening.
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Timezones by region
Region | UTC | Standard time | Daylight saving time |
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Adelaide | +9.5 | Australian Central Time (ACST) | Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) |
Brisbane | +10 | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) | discontinued 1992 |
Broken Hill | +9.5 | Australian Central Time (ACST) | Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) |
Darwin | +9.5 | Australian Central Time (ACST) | discontinued 1944 |
Eucla | +8.75 | Australian Central Western Standard Time (ACWST) | discontinued 2009 |
Lord Howe | +10.5 | Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST) | Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT) |
Melbourne | +10 | Australian Eastern Time (AEST) | Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) |
Perth | +8 | Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) | discontinued 2009 |
Sydney | +10 | Australian Eastern Time (AEST) | Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) |

The next clock changes in Sydney
Date | Local time | Change |
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Apr 03, 2022 | 3:00 am | -1 hour to standard time |
Oct 02, 2022 | 2:00 am | +1 hour to daylight saving time |
Apr 02, 2023 | 3:00 am | -1 hour to standard time |
Oct 01, 2023 | 2:00 am | +1 hour to daylight saving time |
Apr 07, 2024 | 3:00 am | -1 hour to standard time |
Oct 06, 2024 | 2:00 am | +1 hour to daylight saving time |
Apr 06, 2025 | 3:00 am | -1 hour to standard time |
Oct 05, 2025 | 2:00 am | +1 hour to daylight saving time |
Apr 05, 2026 | 3:00 am | -1 hour to standard 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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