AEST Time Now — Australian Eastern Standard Time
The current AEST time (Australian Eastern Standard Time, UTC +10:00) is shown below. New South Wales and Victoria switch to AEDT in summer; Queensland (Brisbane) stays on AEST year-round.
AEST — UTC +10:00
Monday, 12 October 2026 AEST
The clock always shows AEST (UTC +10:00). Places in this zone switch between standard and daylight time during the year, so their local time can differ from AEST by an hour.
About AEST
Offset & DST
UTC offset: +10:00
Daylight saving: Observed
Representative IANA zone: Australia/Sydney
IANA zones at AEST
Converting AEST to other time zones
AEST is fixed at UTC +10:00 — written +1000 in email headers and +10:00 in ISO 8601 timestamps. In 2026, Sydney is on AEST from 5 April to 4 October. The table below uses each abbreviation's own fixed offset; for a specific place, check its city page, since local clocks switch between standard and daylight abbreviations.
| Zone | Difference | When it's 12:00 AEST |
|---|---|---|
| UTC Coordinated Universal Time | −10 h | 02:00 |
| PST Pacific Standard Time | −18 h | 18:00 (−1 day) |
| MST Mountain Standard Time | −17 h | 19:00 (−1 day) |
| CST Central Standard Time | −16 h | 20:00 (−1 day) |
| EST Eastern Standard Time | −15 h | 21:00 (−1 day) |
| BRT Brasília Time | −13 h | 23:00 (−1 day) |
| BST British Summer Time | −9 h | 03:00 |
| CET Central European Time | −9 h | 03:00 |
| EET Eastern European Time | −8 h | 04:00 |
| MSK Moscow Standard Time | −7 h | 05:00 |
| GST Gulf Standard Time | −6 h | 06:00 |
| IST India Standard Time | −4:30 h | 07:30 |
| CST China Standard Time | −2 h | 10:00 |
| JST Japan Standard Time | −1 h | 11:00 |
Countries commonly using AEST
More tools for AEST
Look up the exact IANA zone behind AEST, see it on the offset map, or compare it against other cities.