What is AEST in UTC?
Coordinated Universal Time is 11 hours behind
Convert a time
UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
8:00 am
UTC, Sat
- Time in Sydney
- 7:29:32 PM
- Time in the prime meridian
- 8:29:32 AM
- Difference
- −11 h
- Next clock change
- April 4, 2027
When the difference changes
Australian Eastern Time and Coordinated Universal 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 – April 4, 2027Coordinated Universal Time is 11 hours behind
- April 4, 2027 – October 3, 2027Coordinated Universal Time is 10 hours behind
- October 3, 2027 – onwardsCoordinated Universal Time is 11 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
Clocks go back one hour — 3:00 am becomes 2:00 am local time, and the zone is on AEST after that.
Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time stays on UTC all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
AEST to UTC conversion table
Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Australian Eastern Time to Coordinated Universal Time. 11 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in the prime meridian, which is marked.
- 12:00 am AEDT
- 1:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 1:00 am AEDT
- 2:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 2:00 am AEDT
- 3:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 3:00 am AEDT
- 4:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 4:00 am AEDT
- 5:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 5:00 am AEDT
- 6:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 6:00 am AEDT
- 7:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 7:00 am AEDT
- 8:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 8:00 am AEDT
- 9:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 9:00 am AEDT
- 10:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 10:00 am AEDT
- 11:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 11:00 am AEDT
- 12:00 am UTC
- 12:00 pm AEDT
- 1:00 am UTC
- 1:00 pm AEDT
- 2:00 am UTC
- 2:00 pm AEDT
- 3:00 am UTC
- 3:00 pm AEDT
- 4:00 am UTC
- 4:00 pm AEDT
- 5:00 am UTC
- 5:00 pm AEDT
- 6:00 am UTC
- 6:00 pm AEDT
- 7:00 am UTC
- 7:00 pm AEDT
- 8:00 am UTC
- 8:00 pm AEDT
- 9:00 am UTC
- 9:00 pm AEDT
- 10:00 am UTC
- 10:00 pm AEDT
- 11:00 am UTC
- 11:00 pm AEDT
- 12:00 pm UTC
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Sydney and one in the prime meridian — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Sydney is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in the prime meridian.
Australian Eastern Time (AEDT) is used in Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. Queensland stays on AEST all year while the southern states move to AEDT.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is used in aviation, computing, and science worldwide. UTC never changes for daylight saving.
Other conversions
- UTC to AEST
- AEST to GMT
- AEST to EST
- AEST to CST
- AEST to MST
- AEST to PST
- AEST to AKST
- AEST to HST
- AEST to BST
- AEST to CET
- AEST to IST
- AEST to CST (China)
- AEST to JST
- AEST to AST
- AEST to Mexico City
- AEST to BRT
- AEST to ART
- AEST to EET
- AEST to WET
- AEST to MSK
- AEST to TRT
- AEST to SAST
- AEST to WAT
- AEST to EAT
- AEST to GST
- AEST to PKT
- AEST to ICT
- AEST to WIB
- AEST to SGT
- AEST to HKT
- AEST to KST
- AEST to PHT
- AEST to AWST
- AEST to ACST
- AEST to NZST
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