Time in Northern Territory now
1:32AMACST
ACSTUTC+9:30+14 h 30 min vs New York (you)Australia/Darwin
No clock changes: Northern Territory stays on ACST (UTC+9:30) all year.
Time zone in Northern Territory
All of Northern Territory keeps the same time: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST, UTC+9:30) all year.
Its offset, UTC+9:30, is not a whole number of hours, so the minutes differ too when you compare Northern Territory with most of the world. Only 3 of the 312 zones in the database use UTC+9:30 at any time of year.
Darwin lies at 130.8° east, where mean solar time is UTC+8:43 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 47 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:47 PM.
Daylight saving time in Northern Territory
No. Northern Territory has not used daylight saving time since 1943 (it did between 1916 and 1943, according to tzdata’s historical records), and the clocks stay on ACST (UTC+9:30) all year.
Clock history of Northern Territory
Northern Territory has kept the same clocks as Darwin since at least 1970: tzdata records both under Australia/Darwin. There has been no daylight saving time since 1970; the last summer clock change in the record was in 1943. Before 1970 local practice could differ from Darwin’s, and tzdata does not track it separately; the year-by-year table, which starts with Darwin’s local mean time, is on the Australia/Darwin page.
Convert Northern Territory time
Time difference between Northern Territory and major cities
| City | Local time now | Northern Territory vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 11:02 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +14 h 30 min | +14 h 30 min | +13 h 30 min | none / none |
| Los Angeles | 8:02 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +17 h 30 min | +17 h 30 min | +16 h 30 min | 1 h 30 min / 30 min |
| London | 4:02 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +9 h 30 min | +9 h 30 min | +8 h 30 min | none / none |
| Berlin | 5:02 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +8 h 30 min | +8 h 30 min | +7 h 30 min | none / 30 min |
| Dubai | 8:02 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +5 h 30 min | +5 h 30 min | +5 h 30 min | 2 h 30 min / 2 h 30 min |
| New Delhi | 9:32 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +4 h | +4 h | +4 h | 4 h / 4 h |
| Singapore | 12:02 AM Wed, Nov 4 | +1 h 30 min | +1 h 30 min | +1 h 30 min | 6 h 30 min / 6 h 30 min |
| Beijing | 12:02 AM Wed, Nov 4 | +1 h 30 min | +1 h 30 min | +1 h 30 min | 6 h 30 min / 6 h 30 min |
| Tokyo | 1:02 AM Wed, Nov 4 | +0 h 30 min | +30 min | +30 min | 7 h 30 min / 7 h 30 min |
Office hours and calls
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Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Northern Territory and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dili Timor Leste | 720 km | 1:02 AM UTC+9 | −0 h 30 min |
| Makassar Indonesia | 1,490 km | 12:02 AM WITA | −1 h 30 min |
| Port Moresby Papua New Guinea | 1,810 km | 2:02 AM UTC+10 | +0 h 30 min |
| Surabaya Indonesia | 2,060 km | 11:02 PM WIB | −2 h 30 min |
Same clock as Northern Territory
These places keep exactly the same time as Northern Territory all year under the current rules.
Cities in Northern Territory
Northern Territory at a glance
- CountryAustralia
- Time zone IDAustralia/Darwin
- Standard timeACST (UTC+9:30)
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+61