Australian time zones:
CST – Central Standard Time
Important
- Only some locations are currently on CST, because most places there are currently on Daylight Saving Time.
Locations that are on CST part of the year are currently on CDT (Central Daylight Time).
Current time in Darwin
Monday, December 3, 2012 at 12:09:46 PM CST
Darwin is on CST all of year 2012Locations going to CST later
Current time in Adelaide: Monday, December 3, 2012 at 1:09:46 PM CDTAdelaide will stay on CDT until Sunday, April 7, 2013 going to CST
Find local time and time zone for a location
We recommend looking up by location name, not time zone name.Time zone offset: UTC + 9:30 hours
CST is 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)Note that some places observe daylight saving time/summer time during summer, and are therefore using CDT instead in the summer. See below for details.
Time zone abbreviation: CST
Full name is Central Standard TimeEmail time zone indicator: +0930
An email sent from someone in the CST time zone will have the time zone listed as "+0930" in the headers of the email. (However, "+0930" does not have to be in CST, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
For actual dates DST might be observed, look at the examples belowWhere and when is CST observed?
Australian territories using CST in the winter and CDT during the summer
- New South Wales - only in Yancowinna County
- South Australia
CST is used all year
- Northern Territory
Example locations in CST
- Darwin - This time zone offset is used all year in this location
- Adelaide - This time zone offset is used during winter in this location
Other time zones in Australia
Go directly through the links below, or see the Australia time zone list- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- CXT - Christmas Island Time
- EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- LHDT - Lord Howe Daylight Time
- LHST - Lord Howe Standard Time
- NFT - Norfolk Time
- WDT - Western Daylight Time
- WST - Western Standard Time
Time zones in other regions
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Asia
- Atlantic
- Caribbean
- Central America
- Europe
- Indian Ocean
- Military
- North America
- Pacific
- South America
Related links
- Time zone abbreviations world-wide
- The World Clock - Time Zones - current time around the world
- The World Clock - Time Zone Converter - Convert between time zones
