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What is AEST in GST?

Gulf Standard Time is 6 hours behind

Australian Eastern Time is on UTC+10:00 and Gulf Standard Time is on UTC+4:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Sydney
10:53:11 PM
Time in Dubai
4:53:11 PM
Difference
−6 h
Next clock change
October 4, 2026

Convert a time

GST — Gulf Standard Time

4:00 pm

GST, Fri

When the difference changes

Australian Eastern Time and Gulf 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, 2026Gulf Standard Time is 6 hours behind
  2. October 4, 2026 – April 4, 2027Gulf Standard Time is 7 hours behind
  3. April 4, 2027 – October 3, 2027Gulf Standard Time is 6 hours behind
  4. October 3, 2027 – onwardsGulf Standard Time is 7 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.

Gulf Standard Time

No clock changes

Gulf Standard Time stays on GST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

AEST to GST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Australian Eastern Time to Gulf Standard Time. 6 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Dubai, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm AEST, which is 9:00 am to 12:00 pm GST. 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.

Gulf Standard Time (GST) is used in the UAE and Oman

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