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What is AWST in AEST?

Australian Eastern Time is 3 hours ahead

Australian Western Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 and Australian Eastern Time is on UTC+11:00 right now. Australian Eastern Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read AEDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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AEDT — Australian Eastern Time

9:00 pm

AEDT, Fri

Time in Perth
6:08:52 PM
Time in Sydney
9:08:52 PM
Difference
+3 h
Next clock change
April 4, 2027

When the difference changes

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

Australian Western Standard Time

No clock changes

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

Australian Eastern Time

Sunday, April 4, 2027

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

AWST to AEST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, November 13, 2026, converted from Australian Western Standard Time to Australian Eastern Time. 3 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Sydney, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm AWST, which is 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm AEDT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

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

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

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