AWST time now (Australian Western Standard Time)

What AWST means

AWST stands for Australian Western Standard Time, UTC+8. It is used in Western Australia.

It is a standard (winter) time. Places on AWST that observe daylight saving time switch to AWDT (UTC+9) in summer, so AWST 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 AWST is used

1 zone uses AWST all year. Computed from tzdata under the current rules.

How long AWST has been used

In the tzdata record, Perth has used AWST since 1895. No zone has given up AWST for good.

AWST 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.

Related zones and conversions

• Australia/Perth time zone
• UTC+8 time
• Time zones of the world
• Daylight saving time
• Time zone converter