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What is AST in AWST?

Australian Western Standard Time is 11 hours ahead

Atlantic Time is on UTC−3:00 and Australian Western Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. Atlantic Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read ADT. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Halifax
9:03:52 AM
Time in Perth
8:03:52 PM
Difference
+11 h
Next clock change
November 1, 2026

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AWST — Australian Western Standard Time

8:00 pm

AWST, Fri

When the difference changes

Atlantic 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 – November 1, 2026Australian Western Standard Time is 11 hours ahead
  2. November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027Australian Western Standard Time is 12 hours ahead
  3. March 14, 2027 – onwardsAustralian Western Standard Time is 11 hours ahead

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

Atlantic Time

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Clocks go back one hour — 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time, and the zone is on AST 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.

AST to AWST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Atlantic Time to Australian Western Standard Time. 11 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Perth, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

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

A note on AST: it can also mean Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3). This page means Atlantic Time.

Atlantic Time (ADT) is used in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Puerto Rico

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

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