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What is ACST in ART?

Argentina Time is 13 hours 30 minutes behind

Australian Central Time is on UTC+10:30 and Argentina Time is on UTC−3:00 right now. Australian Central Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read ACDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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ART — Argentina Time

6:30 am

ART, Fri

Time in Adelaide
8:38:46 PM
Time in Buenos Aires
7:08:46 AM
Difference
−13:30 h
Next clock change
April 4, 2027

When the difference changes

Australian Central Time and Argentina Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

  1. Now – April 4, 2027Argentina Time is 13 hours 30 minutes behind
  2. April 4, 2027 – October 3, 2027Argentina Time is 12 hours 30 minutes behind
  3. October 3, 2027 – onwardsArgentina Time is 13 hours 30 minutes behind

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Australian Central Time

Sunday, April 4, 2027

Clocks go back one hour — 3:00 am becomes 2:00 am local time, and the zone is on ACST after that.

Argentina Time

No clock changes

Argentina Time stays on ART all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

ACST to ART conversion table

Every hour of Friday, November 13, 2026, converted from Australian Central Time to Argentina Time. 14 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Buenos Aires, which is marked.

12:00 am ACDT
10:30 am ART−1 day
1:00 am ACDT
11:30 am ART−1 day
2:00 am ACDT
12:30 pm ART−1 day
3:00 am ACDT
1:30 pm ART−1 day
4:00 am ACDT
2:30 pm ART−1 day
5:00 am ACDT
3:30 pm ART−1 day
6:00 am ACDT
4:30 pm ART−1 day
7:00 am ACDT
5:30 pm ART−1 day
8:00 am ACDT
6:30 pm ART−1 day
9:00 am ACDT
7:30 pm ART−1 day
10:00 am ACDT
8:30 pm ART−1 day
11:00 am ACDT
9:30 pm ART−1 day
12:00 pm ACDT
10:30 pm ART−1 day
1:00 pm ACDT
11:30 pm ART−1 day
2:00 pm ACDT
12:30 am ART
3:00 pm ACDT
1:30 am ART
4:00 pm ACDT
2:30 am ART
5:00 pm ACDT
3:30 am ART
6:00 pm ACDT
4:30 am ART
7:00 pm ACDT
5:30 am ART
8:00 pm ACDT
6:30 am ART
9:00 pm ACDT
7:30 am ART
10:00 pm ACDT
8:30 am ART
11:00 pm ACDT
9:30 am ART

Scheduling between the two

There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Adelaide and one in Buenos Aires — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Adelaide is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Buenos Aires.

Australian Central Time (ACDT) is used in South Australia and the Northern Territory, on a half-hour offset from the east coast

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