Time Zones In Australia Map
Western australia southeast thu 4 57 am.
Time zones in australia map. Time is regulated by the individual state governments some of which observe daylight saving time dst. Australia uses three main time zones. There are 6 time zones in australia. Utc 08 00 australian central standard time acst.
New south wales victoria queensland south australia western australia and tasmania and 2 territories the australian capital territory and the northern territory. Australia map australian administrative and time zone structure australia is divided into 6 states. Australia s external territories observe different time zones. More resources on our site include a three dimensional australia time zone globe and our australia time zone section which shows current times.
Time in other locations in australia 1 location. Three standard time zones are indicated by different colors on the australia time zone map. The australia time zone map shows the standard time zone divisions observed in the country of australia. Not all states and territories use daylight saving time dst.
Standard time was introduced in the 1890s when all of the australian colonies adopted it. Thu 6 12 am. Timezone maps show local time and greenwich mean time around the world. Australian continent stretches out over three time zones.
Australia s mainland states and territories are divided into 5 standard time zones. Before the switch to standard time zones. New south wales west thu 5 42 am. Australia time zone map 24 hour format time mode 24 hours or 12 hours am pm time map for oceania time map for antarctica australia interactive time zones map converter convert time from a global location to view corresponding australia time zones places are currently observing daylight saving time dst summer time.
Australia has multiple time zones. 3 states and territories have multiple time zones australian capital territory. Because australia is situated west to the international date line it is ahead of time compared to most other countries of the world. Some of them are half hour and quarter hour time zones.
Utc 09 30 and australian eastern standard time aest. Most of australia uses three standard time zones australian eastern standard time aest which is utc gmt 10 australian central standard time acst which is utc gmt 9 1 2 and australian western time awst which is utc gmt 8. Adding the country s 3 dependencies see table below brings the total to 9 time zones.