It can be tricky to work out international time zones and the time
difference in Australia from the other side of the globe. Below is some
information on Australian time zone, daylight savings, and
what is the exact time in every state of Australia right now, with
clocks ticking.
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Australian Time Zones
The Australian continent is large enough to cover at least three time
zones (more with the islands). So
you have to adjust your
clock when you cross the continent from the eastern states (eastern
Australia time)
to Northern
Territory/South
Australia (central Australian time), and Western
Australia (western
Australian time).
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World Time Zones
Internationally, the Australian
time zone is the Eastern Standard Time (EST), which is the time
in Sydney
and Melbourne
(most of
the year it is the same as the time
in
Brisbane, while Adelaide
and Perth
are in different time
zones).
EST is nine hours ahead the time in central Europe, and ten hours ahead
the Greenwich time in London, England. America is miles behind – when
we wake up in Australia,
(Western) Americans are still eating
lunch of the previous day. That means – if you fly to Australia across
the Pacific (and the date line), you lose a day. But you get it back
when you fly back and cross the date line from west to east.
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Daylight Savings in Australia
The time difference is further complicated by daylight savings, and by
the fact that in Queensland,
Northern
Territory and Western Australia, there is
no daylight savings at
all. Queenslanders said their climate
is warm enough throughout the year, and their cows get confused when
they’re milked an hour earlier, so let’s skip the daylight savings all
together. And
I think it was a very good idea.
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Current Time in Australia Right Now
Here is the current local time
ticking in different states of Australia:
Note:
This site uses
British English, which is the English we use in Australia. You will
find words like "traveller", "harbour" and "realise", and they are all
correct in the language used in Australia.
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