AEST time now (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
1:02AM
AEST · UTC+10
UTC+10+15 h vs New York (you)Sydney now: AEDT, UTC+11
What AEST means
AEST stands for Australian Eastern Standard Time, UTC+10. It is used in Queensland (all year) and New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT (in winter).
It is a standard (winter) time. Places on AEST that observe daylight saving time switch to AEDT (UTC+11) in summer, so AEST is a fixed offset while the local clock is not.
Australia’s time zones in practice
Australia’s states choose their own clock rules. Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia stay on standard time all year, while New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, the ACT and South Australia move forward in October and back in April. In summer this gives the east coast two different times: Sydney on AEDT (UTC+11) and Brisbane on AEST (UTC+10).
The Northern Territory, South Australia and Broken Hill use a half-hour offset, ACST (UTC+9:30); South Australia and Broken Hill move to ACDT (UTC+10:30) in summer, while Darwin does not. Lord Howe Island moves by only 30 minutes. Because the southern summer spans New Year, the year’s first clock change in Australia is the move back in April.
Where and when AEST is used
2 zones use AEST all year. 4 zones use it for part of the year only, switching to daylight saving time in the other months. Computed from tzdata under the current rules.
| Main city | Time zone | Countries | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Australia/Sydney | Australia | April to October |
| Melbourne | Australia/Melbourne | Australia | April to October |
| Brisbane | Australia/Brisbane | Australia | all year |
| Hobart | Australia/Hobart | Australia | April to October |
| Macquarie | Antarctica/Macquarie | Australia | April to October |
| Lindeman | Australia/Lindeman | Australia | all year |
How long AEST has been used
In the tzdata record, Lindeman has used AEST since 1894, Brisbane has used AEST since 1894 and Hobart has used AEST since 1895.
AEST in the past
Zones whose tzdata history shows AEST before 2025 but that no longer use it:
- Australia/Lord_Howe (Lord Howe): 1895–1981
- Australia/Broken_Hill (Broken Hill): 1895–1896
AEST converted to other zones
Every column is a fixed offset, so this table is valid on any date. Remember that the regions behind some columns switch to summer time (EST to EDT, CET to CEST, GMT to BST); the clock in those cities is then an hour later than the column.
| AEST (UTC+10) | UTC (UTC+0) | EST (UTC−5) | PST (UTC−8) | CET (UTC+1) | IST (UTC+5:30) | JST (UTC+9) | CST (UTC−6) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 2:00 PM (−1 day) | 9:00 AM (−1 day) | 6:00 AM (−1 day) | 3:00 PM (−1 day) | 7:30 PM (−1 day) | 11:00 PM (−1 day) | 8:00 AM (−1 day) |
| 6:00 AM | 8:00 PM (−1 day) | 3:00 PM (−1 day) | 12:00 PM (−1 day) | 9:00 PM (−1 day) | 1:30 AM | 5:00 AM | 2:00 PM (−1 day) |
| 9:00 AM | 11:00 PM (−1 day) | 6:00 PM (−1 day) | 3:00 PM (−1 day) | 12:00 AM | 4:30 AM | 8:00 AM | 5:00 PM (−1 day) |
| 12:00 PM | 2:00 AM | 9:00 PM (−1 day) | 6:00 PM (−1 day) | 3:00 AM | 7:30 AM | 11:00 AM | 8:00 PM (−1 day) |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 AM | 12:00 AM | 9:00 PM (−1 day) | 6:00 AM | 10:30 AM | 2:00 PM | 11:00 PM (−1 day) |
| 6:00 PM | 8:00 AM | 3:00 AM | 12:00 AM | 9:00 AM | 1:30 PM | 5:00 PM | 2:00 AM |
| 9:00 PM | 11:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 3:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 4:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 5:00 AM |