AEST(Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) is the standard time of eastern Australia, ten hours ahead of UTC.
- UTC offset
- UTC+10:00
- Abbreviation
- AEST
- Full name
- Australian Eastern Standard Time
- Military letter
- Kilo (K)
- Regions
- Eastern Australia
- IANA zones
- Australia/Sydney, Australia/Brisbane, Australia/Melbourne
- Converter model
- Fixed offset.
What AEST means
AEST is the standard time of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, covering most of the country's population.
- AEST is the unambiguous way to write eastern Australian time; the shorter form EST is the source of frequent mix-ups with North America.
- South Australia and the Northern Territory sit half an hour behind on UTC+09:30.
Cities on this offset
These cities keep UTC+10:00 as their standard offset:
- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Brisbane
- Canberra
- Hobart
Zones with the same offset
- EST — Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00)
History
The Australian colonies adopted standard zones in 1895, dividing the continent into eastern, central and western time.
Do not confuse with
- EST — Eastern Standard Time
- AWST — Australian Western Standard Time