What is ACST in PHT?

Philippine Time is 1 hour 30 minutes behind

Australian Central Time is on UTC+9:30 and Philippine Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Adelaide: 9:33:47 PM
Time in Manila: 8:03:47 PM
Difference: −1:30 h
Next clock change: October 4, 2026

Convert a time

ACST — Australian Central Time

PHT — Philippine Time

7:30 pm

PHT, Fri

When the difference changes

Australian Central Time and Philippine 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:

Now – October 4, 2026Philippine Time is 1 hour 30 minutes behind
October 4, 2026 – April 4, 2027Philippine Time is 2 hours 30 minutes behind
April 4, 2027 – October 3, 2027Philippine Time is 1 hour 30 minutes behind
October 3, 2027 – onwardsPhilippine Time is 2 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, October 4, 2026

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

Philippine Time

No clock changes

Philippine Time stays on PHT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

ACST to PHT conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Australian Central Time to Philippine Time. 2 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Manila, which is marked.

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

12:00 pm ACST: 10:30 am PHT
1:00 pm ACST: 11:30 am PHT
2:00 pm ACST: 12:30 pm PHT
3:00 pm ACST: 1:30 pm PHT
4:00 pm ACST: 2:30 pm PHT
5:00 pm ACST: 3:30 pm PHT
6:00 pm ACST: 4:30 pm PHT
7:00 pm ACST: 5:30 pm PHT
8:00 pm ACST: 6:30 pm PHT
9:00 pm ACST: 7:30 pm PHT
10:00 pm ACST: 8:30 pm PHT
11:00 pm ACST: 9:30 pm PHT

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm ACST, which is 9:30 am to 4:30 pm PHT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

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