AEST – Australian Eastern Standard Time / Eastern Standard Time (Standard Time)
Also known as: EST – Eastern Standard Time, AET – Australian Eastern Time
Australian Eastern Standard Time Note:
Australia: Only some locations are currently on AEST because most places in this time zone are currently on DST. Locations that are on AEST part of the year are currently on AEDT.
Observes AEST part of the year.
Areas with same time currently (UTC +10:00).
Observes AEST – Australian Eastern Standard Time part of the year, but not currently.
Currently has same time zone offset as AEST (UTC +10:00) but different time zone name.
Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) is 10 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a standard time zone and is used in: Australia.
This time zone is often called Eastern Standard Time.
Summer Time & DST
Some places observe daylight saving time/summer time during the summer, and therefore use AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) in the summer.
Email time zone indicator: +1000
An email sent from someone in the Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) time zone will have the time zone listed as "+1000" in the headers of the email. (However, "+1000" does not have to be in Australian Eastern Standard Time, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
Where and when is AEST observed?
Australia
Other time zones in UTC +10:00
Some time zones exist that have the same offset as AEST, but can be found under a different name:
Time zones by continent/region
AEST time now
3:06:38PM
Saturday, March 7, 2015
- AEST will be observed in Sydney starting from Apr 5, 2015 at 3:00 AM
- UTC Offset: UTC +10:00
- 15 hours ahead of Washington DC
Find current time and time zone by city
Example cities
Australia – Sydney (Winter)
Australia – Brisbane (All Year)
Related time zones
AEDT – Australian Eastern Daylight Time (Daylight Time)
Time Zone Map with DST
