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Australian time zones:

EST – Eastern Standard Time

Current time in Brisbane

Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 9:44:17 AM EST

Brisbane is on EST all of year 2009

Locations going to EST later

Current time in Sydney: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 10:44:17 AM EDT
Sydney will stay on EDT until Sunday, April 4, 2010 going to EST

Time zone offset: UTC + 10 hours

EST is 10 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Note that some places observe daylight saving time/summer time during summer, and are therefore using EDT instead in the summer. See below for details.

Time zone abbreviations: EST, AEST

Full name is Eastern Standard Time
AEST – Australian Eastern Standard Time (Alternative - often used in international context to avoid confusion with CST/Central Standard Time in Northern America)

Email time zone indicator: +1000

An email sent from someone in the EST time zone will have the time zone listed as "+1000" in the headers of the email. (However, "+1000" does not have to be in EST, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).

For actual dates DST might be observed, look at the examples below
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Where and when is EST observed?

EST is used during winter in these Australian territories (Eastern Daylight Time during summer)

  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales - except Yancowinna County (CST/CDT)
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria

EST is used all year

  • Queensland
Time zone maps are under development and will be available later

Example locations in EST

Other time zones in Australia

Go directly through the links below, or see the Australia time zone list
  • NFT - Norfolk (Island) Time
  • EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • WST - Western Standard Time
  • WDT - Western Daylight Time
  • CXT - Christmas Island Time

Time zones in other regions

More regions will be available later

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