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AEST: Australian Eastern Standard Time

AEST is UTC+10: 10 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. New South Wales, Victoria, the ACT, and Tasmania from the first Sunday of April to the first Sunday of October, and Queensland (Brisbane) all year.

Current time at UTC+10
AEST12:08 AMFri, Oct 23
UTC2:08 PMThu, Oct 22

Calculated from your device clock. Shown at the fixed AEST offset, whether or not a particular place is using it today.

Is AEST in use right now?

Sydney switches between AEST and AEDT during the year.

Next change in Sydney: Sunday, April 4, 2027, to UTC+10 (AEST). Based on time zone rules at build time.

Full name
Australian Eastern Standard Time
UTC offset
UTC+10ISO 8601: +10:00
Type
Standard (winter) time
Summer counterpart
AEDT · UTC+11
Example IANA zone
Australia/Sydney

Where and when AEST is used in 2026

Calculated for the cities in our directory from the IANA time zone database. Dates are local; each change happens in the early morning of the date shown.

CityIANA zoneOn AEST (UTC+10)
SydneyAustralia/SydneyApr 5 – Oct 4
MelbourneAustralia/MelbourneApr 5 – Oct 4
BrisbaneAustralia/BrisbaneAll of 2026

AEST conversion table

Every hour of the day in AEST, converted at fixed offsets. To convert local time in a specific city, use the city instead: its offset may change with the date.

AEST (UTC+10)UTC (UTC+0)GMT (UTC+0)EST (UTC−5)PST (UTC−8)IST (UTC+5:30)SGT (UTC+8)
12:00 AM2:00 PMprevious day2:00 PMprevious day9:00 AMprevious day6:00 AMprevious day7:30 PMprevious day10:00 PMprevious day
1:00 AM3:00 PMprevious day3:00 PMprevious day10:00 AMprevious day7:00 AMprevious day8:30 PMprevious day11:00 PMprevious day
2:00 AM4:00 PMprevious day4:00 PMprevious day11:00 AMprevious day8:00 AMprevious day9:30 PMprevious day12:00 AM
3:00 AM5:00 PMprevious day5:00 PMprevious day12:00 PMprevious day9:00 AMprevious day10:30 PMprevious day1:00 AM
4:00 AM6:00 PMprevious day6:00 PMprevious day1:00 PMprevious day10:00 AMprevious day11:30 PMprevious day2:00 AM
5:00 AM7:00 PMprevious day7:00 PMprevious day2:00 PMprevious day11:00 AMprevious day12:30 AM3:00 AM
6:00 AM8:00 PMprevious day8:00 PMprevious day3:00 PMprevious day12:00 PMprevious day1:30 AM4:00 AM
7:00 AM9:00 PMprevious day9:00 PMprevious day4:00 PMprevious day1:00 PMprevious day2:30 AM5:00 AM
8:00 AM10:00 PMprevious day10:00 PMprevious day5:00 PMprevious day2:00 PMprevious day3:30 AM6:00 AM
9:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day11:00 PMprevious day6:00 PMprevious day3:00 PMprevious day4:30 AM7:00 AM
10:00 AM12:00 AM12:00 AM7:00 PMprevious day4:00 PMprevious day5:30 AM8:00 AM
11:00 AM1:00 AM1:00 AM8:00 PMprevious day5:00 PMprevious day6:30 AM9:00 AM
12:00 PM2:00 AM2:00 AM9:00 PMprevious day6:00 PMprevious day7:30 AM10:00 AM
1:00 PM3:00 AM3:00 AM10:00 PMprevious day7:00 PMprevious day8:30 AM11:00 AM
2:00 PM4:00 AM4:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day8:00 PMprevious day9:30 AM12:00 PM
3:00 PM5:00 AM5:00 AM12:00 AM9:00 PMprevious day10:30 AM1:00 PM
4:00 PM6:00 AM6:00 AM1:00 AM10:00 PMprevious day11:30 AM2:00 PM
5:00 PM7:00 AM7:00 AM2:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day12:30 PM3:00 PM
6:00 PM8:00 AM8:00 AM3:00 AM12:00 AM1:30 PM4:00 PM
7:00 PM9:00 AM9:00 AM4:00 AM1:00 AM2:30 PM5:00 PM
8:00 PM10:00 AM10:00 AM5:00 AM2:00 AM3:30 PM6:00 PM
9:00 PM11:00 AM11:00 AM6:00 AM3:00 AM4:30 PM7:00 PM
10:00 PM12:00 PM12:00 PM7:00 AM4:00 AM5:30 PM8:00 PM
11:00 PM1:00 PM1:00 PM8:00 AM5:00 AM6:30 PM9:00 PM

Highlighted rows: 9 am – 5 pm in AEST.

What to know about AEST

Australia’s seasons are reversed: AEST is the winter time, and summer brings AEDT. In January, Sydney is eleven hours ahead of UTC, not ten.

Queensland does not use daylight saving, so Brisbane and Sydney are an hour apart from October to April.

Read more about why abbreviations need context and how daylight saving changes offsets.

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Local time in cities that use AEST

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UTCCoordinated Universal TimeUTC+0GMTGreenwich Mean TimeUTC+0BSTBritish Summer TimeUTC+1CETCentral European TimeUTC+1CESTCentral European Summer TimeUTC+2ESTEastern Standard TimeUTC−5EDTEastern Daylight TimeUTC−4CSTCentral Standard Time (North America)UTC−6CDTCentral Daylight TimeUTC−5MSTMountain Standard TimeUTC−7PSTPacific Standard TimeUTC−8PDTPacific Daylight TimeUTC−7ISTIndia Standard TimeUTC+5:30JSTJapan Standard TimeUTC+9SGTSingapore TimeUTC+8GSTGulf Standard TimeUTC+4AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight TimeUTC+11