Australia
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ACST
Australian Central Standard Time
GMT +9:30
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ACST is not observed in the Australia/Adelaide reference zone on this date
The converter keeps ACST at GMT +9:30 for this route. The Australia/Adelaide reference zone uses ACDT (Australian Central Daylight Time, GMT +10:30) on this date. Open the ACDT converter. You can also select Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Mount Gambier for city-specific timezone changes.

Time Difference

AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of Australian Central Standard Time
11:00 pm23:00 in Sydney, Australia is 9:30 pm21:30 in ACST

Sydney to ACST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10:30am-5pm in Sydney which corresponds to 9am-3:30pm in ACST

11:00 pm23:00 AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) (Sydney, Australia). Offset UTC +11:00 hours
9:30 pm21:30 Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). Offset UTC +9:30 hours

11:00 pm23:00 Sydney, Australia / 9:30 pm21:30 ACST

Sydney, AustraliaACST
12am (midnight)10:30 pm
1am11:30 pm
2am12:30 am
3am1:30 am
4am2:30 am
5am3:30 am
6am4:30 am
7am5:30 am
8am6:30 am
9am7:30 am
10am8:30 am
11am9:30 am
12pm (noon)10:30 am
1pm11:30 am
2pm12:30 pm
3pm1:30 pm
4pm2:30 pm
5pm3:30 pm
6pm4:30 pm
7pm5:30 pm
8pm6:30 pm
9pm7:30 pm
10pm8:30 pm
11pm9:30 pm
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01:0023:30
02:0000:30
03:0001:30
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06:0004:30
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10:0008:30
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Sydney Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time
AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+10:00 hours during Australian Eastern Standard Time, currently in use.
+11:00 hours during Australian Eastern Daylight Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is NOT in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 1st Sunday of October. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amSunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of April. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Sydney Facts

Country
Australia
Alternative Names
SYD, Sanctus Dionysius, Sedniejos, Sek-na, Sidnef, Sidnei, Sidnej, Sidneja, Sidnejo, Sidnejus, Sidney, Sidneý, Sidni, Sidnéy, Sidnėjus, Sit-ni, Sit-nì, Syd, Sydneium, Sydney, Sydney City, Sék-nà̤, Sídney, Sîdney, Sėdniejos, citni, shidoni, sidani, sideuni, sidnei, sidni, sidniy, sydny, xi ni, xue li, Σίδνεϋ, Сиднеи, Сидней, Сиднеј, Сидни, Сідней, Сідні, Սիդնեյ, סידני, سيدنى, سيدني, سڈنی, سیدنی, ܣܝܕܢܝ, सिडनी, सिड्नी, सिद्नी, সিডনি, ਸਿਡਨੀ, સીડની, சிட்னி, సిడ్నీ, ಸಿಡ್ನಿ, സിഡ്നി, සිඩ්නි, ซิดนีย์, སིད་ནེ།, ဆစ်ဒနီမြို့, სიდნეი, ሲድኒ, ស៊ីដនីយ៏, シドニー, 悉尼, 雪梨, 시드니
Population
4,627,345
Currency
Dollar (AUD)
Geographic Coordinates
33° 52' S Latitude / 151° 12' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+61

Australian Central Standard Time

Offset: ACST is 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

Countries: It is used in following countries: Australia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ACST timezone is Darwin from Australia with population about 129,062 people. Other major cities in the area are Alice Springs, Palmerston

ACST Time Zone Geo Map
ACST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) has ended on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, October 5, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on first Sunday of October.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) starts on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of April.

ACST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0930 - basic
  • +09:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0930 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates nine hour and thirty minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects ACST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Australia/Adelaide
  • Australia/Broken_Hill
  • Australia/Darwin
  • Australia/North
  • Australia/South
  • Australia/Yancowinna