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What is UTC in AEST?

Australian Eastern Time is 11 hours ahead

Coordinated Universal Time is on UTC+0:00 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

7:00 pm

AEDT, Sat

Time in the prime meridian
8:28:54 AM
Time in Sydney
7:28:54 PM
Difference
+11 h
Next clock change
April 4, 2027

When the difference changes

Coordinated Universal 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 3, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 11 hours ahead
  2. April 3, 2027 – October 2, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 10 hours ahead
  3. October 2, 2027 – onwardsAustralian Eastern 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

Coordinated Universal Time

No clock changes

Coordinated Universal Time stays on UTC 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.

UTC to AEST conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Coordinated Universal Time to Australian Eastern Time. 11 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Sydney, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

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

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is used in aviation, computing, and science worldwide. UTC never changes for 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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