Australian time zones:
ACST – Australian Central Standard Time
Current time in Adelaide
Saturday, August 3, 2013 at 4:50:17 AM ACST
Adelaide will stay on ACST until Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 2:00 AMwhen clocks are moved to Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 03:00:00ACDT
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
ACST 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 ACDT instead in the summer. See below for details.
Time zone abbreviation: ACST
Full name is Australian Central Standard TimeEmail time zone indicator: +0930
An email sent from someone in the ACST time zone will have the time zone listed as "+0930" in the headers of the email. (However, "+0930" does not have to be in ACST, 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 ACST observed?
Australian territories using ACST in the winter and ACDT during the summer
- New South Wales - only in Yancowinna County
- South Australia
CST is used all year
- Northern Territory
Example locations in ACST
- 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- ACDT - Australian Central Daylight Time
- CXT - Christmas Island Time
- AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
- AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time
- LHDT - Lord Howe Daylight Time
- LHST - Lord Howe Standard Time
- NFT - Norfolk Time
- AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
- AWST - Australian 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
