AEST Converter
AEST is NOT in use by many locations
AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) is used instead. Switch to AEDT time zone or select one of the cities SydneyMelbourneGold Coast) for automatic timezone change.Australian Eastern Standard Time
Offset: AEST is 10 hours 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 AEST timezone is Sydney from Australia with population about 4.627 million people. Other major cities in the area are MelbourneBrisbaneGold CoastCanberra
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zonehowever during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).
End: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) has ended on Sunday October 52025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday October 52025 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on first Sunday of October.
Start: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) starts on Sunday April 52026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday April 52026 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of April.
Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) is used in QueenslandVictoriaTasmaniaNew South Wales (except Broken Hill) Australian Capital Territory and in folling major cities BrisbaneSydneyMelbourneHobartCanberra
Only part of Australia observe daylight saving. It is used in New South WalesVictoriaSouth AustraliaTasmaniaand the Australian Capital Territory. Daylight saving is not observed in QueenslandWestern Australia or the Northern Territory.
AEST representationsusage and related time zones
- +10 - basic short
- +1000 - basic
- +10:00 - extended
- +1000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates ten hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Kilo - Military abbreviation for AEST
- K - short form of 'Kilo'
- Antarctica/Macquarie
- Australia/ACT
- Australia/Brisbane
- Australia/Canberra
- Australia/Currie
- Australia/Hobart
- Australia/Lindeman
- Australia/Melbourne
- Australia/NSW
- Australia/Queensland
- Australia/Sydney
- Australia/Tasmania
- Australia/Victoria
- AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time
- CHUT - Chuuk Time
- ChST - Chamorro Standard Time
- K - Kilo Time Zone
- KDT - Korea Daylight Time
- PGT - Papua New Guinea Time
- VLAT - Vladivostok Time
- YAKST - Yakutsk Summer Time
- YAPT - Yap Time