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Daylight Saving TimeAustralia Daylight Saving TimeSummer Time in AustraliaDaylight Saving Time is the practice of advancing clocks one hour during the summer months of the year. In Australia, Daylight Saving Time is observed in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory. Australia Daylight Saving Time begins at 2am (AEST) on the first Sunday in October and ends at 2am (AEST) (which is 3am Australian Eastern Daylight Time) on the first Sunday in April. Where Daylight Saving Time is observed:
Queensland and the Northern Territory do not observe daylight saving.Australia Summer Time: October - MarchAustralia DSTDaylight Saving Time (DST) has been implemented within Australia in various forms since the early 1900s.The following sections provide more detailed information Historic dates of Daylight Saving Time in Australia GlossaryLST - Local Standard TimeThe globe is divided into Standard time zones and Local Standard Time is the time specified for each zone. This is usually done in terms of hours ahead or behind GMT. The LST zones in Australia are as follows:AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT +10) in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania ACST - Australian Central Standard Time (GMT +9.5) in Northern Territories and South Australia AWST - Australian Western Standard Time (GMT +8) in Western Australia. Within Australia DST across the three time zones is generally denoted by AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
ACDT - Australian Central Daylight TimeAWDT - Australian Western Daylight TimeExperimentally in use between 2006 - 2009 and then abandoned. Local TimeNormally this is the same as Local Standard Time, but in periods of Daylight Saving an hour is added to the local clock, making Local Time an hour ahead of Local Standard Time (i.e. Local time = DST). |
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