Australian time zones
Three time zones, five with daylight saving, and Queensland that never changes. The time right now in every state and territory, when the clocks next go forward or back, and when to ring us from where you are.
Daylight saving ends in 171 days
Sunday 4 April (04/04/2027)
At 3:00am the clocks go back one hour to 2:00am in New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria and Tasmania. South Australia does the same at 3:00am its own time, and Lord Howe Island moves half an hour. Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia don’t change.
You get an extra hour that night. Phones change by themselves; check the ones that don’t: pump and irrigation timers, stock water and feeder timers, shed lights, the ute and tractor clocks, and any timed jobs on the computer. Stock keep to the sun, not the clock, so if you move milking or feeding times, many people do it a little at a time over a few days.
The time right now
Updates by itself. Differences are from Warragul, Victoria, where our head office is.
- New South Wales You’re here
Thursday 15 October
AEDT UTC+11
Broken Hill and the far west corner keep South Australian time.
- Australian Capital Territory You’re here
Thursday 15 October
AEDT UTC+11
- Victoria You’re here
Thursday 15 October
AEDT UTC+11
Our head office in Warragul is on Victorian time.
- Tasmania You’re here
Thursday 15 October
AEDT UTC+11
- Queensland You’re here
Thursday 15 October
AEST UTC+10
No daylight saving, so Queensland is an hour behind NSW and Victoria in summer.
- South Australia You’re here
Thursday 15 October
ACDT UTC+10:30
- Northern Territory You’re here
Thursday 15 October
ACST UTC+9:30
- Western Australia You’re here
Thursday 15 October
AWST UTC+8
Odd ones out
- Broken Hill (NSW) ACDT Keeps South Australian time, daylight saving included.
- Lord Howe Island (NSW) LHDT Daylight saving here moves the clock by only half an hour.
- Eucla and the Nullarbor road houses ACWST An unofficial local time used along the Eyre Highway near the WA-SA border.
9:00am Thursday 15 October in Victoria is:
That time doesn’t exist there: the clocks jump forward an hour that night. Shown as the time just after the change.
That time happens twice there, because the clocks go back an hour that night. Shown for the first one.
| Place | Time | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | 9:00am | AEDT |
| Australian Capital Territory | 9:00am | AEDT |
| Victoria | 9:00am | AEDT |
| Tasmania | 9:00am | AEDT |
| Queensland | 8:00am | AEST |
| South Australia | 8:30am | ACDT |
| Northern Territory | 7:30am | ACST |
| Western Australia | 6:00am | AWST |
| Broken Hill (NSW) | 8:30am | ACDT |
| Lord Howe Island (NSW) | 9:00am | LHDT |
| Eucla and the Nullarbor road houses | 6:45am | ACWST |
When to ring us, in your time
Our phones in Warragul are answered Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm Melbourne time (AEST/AEDT). Today that is:
- New South Wales9:00am – 5:00pm
- Victoria9:00am – 5:00pm
- Tasmania9:00am – 5:00pm
- Queensland8:00am – 4:00pm
- South Australia8:30am – 4:30pm
- Northern Territory7:30am – 3:30pm
- Western Australia6:00am – 2:00pm
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Times come from the international time zone database built into your phone or computer, so they stay right when the rules change. Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory have no daylight saving; New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia move their clocks forward on the first Sunday in October and back on the first Sunday in April. Public holidays differ between states: see public holidays by state before you ring on a long weekend.