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What is AEST in AWST?

Australian Western Standard Time is 2 hours behind

Australian Eastern Time is on UTC+10:00 and Australian Western Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Sydney
10:53:44 PM
Time in Perth
8:53:44 PM
Difference
−2 h
Next clock change
October 4, 2026

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AWST — Australian Western Standard Time

8:00 pm

AWST, Fri

When the difference changes

Australian Eastern Time and Australian Western Standard 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 – October 4, 2026Australian Western Standard Time is 2 hours behind
  2. October 4, 2026 – April 4, 2027Australian Western Standard Time is 3 hours behind
  3. April 4, 2027 – October 3, 2027Australian Western Standard Time is 2 hours behind
  4. October 3, 2027 – onwardsAustralian Western Standard Time is 3 hours 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 Eastern Time

Sunday, October 4, 2026

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

Australian Western Standard Time

No clock changes

Australian Western Standard Time stays on AWST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

AEST to AWST conversion table

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

12:00 am AEST
10:00 pm AWST−1 day
1:00 am AEST
11:00 pm AWST−1 day
2:00 am AEST
12:00 am AWST
3:00 am AEST
1:00 am AWST
4:00 am AEST
2:00 am AWST
5:00 am AEST
3:00 am AWST
6:00 am AEST
4:00 am AWST
7:00 am AEST
5:00 am AWST
8:00 am AEST
6:00 am AWST
9:00 am AEST
7:00 am AWST
10:00 am AEST
8:00 am AWST
11:00 am AEST
9:00 am AWST
12:00 pm AEST
10:00 am AWST
1:00 pm AEST
11:00 am AWST
2:00 pm AEST
12:00 pm AWST
3:00 pm AEST
1:00 pm AWST
4:00 pm AEST
2:00 pm AWST
5:00 pm AEST
3:00 pm AWST
6:00 pm AEST
4:00 pm AWST
7:00 pm AEST
5:00 pm AWST
8:00 pm AEST
6:00 pm AWST
9:00 pm AEST
7:00 pm AWST
10:00 pm AEST
8:00 pm AWST
11:00 pm AEST
9:00 pm AWST

Scheduling between the two

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

Australian Eastern Time (AEST) is used in Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. Queensland stays on AEST all year while the southern states move to AEDT.

Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) is used in Western Australia, which does not observe daylight saving

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