Australia Daylight Saving Time

In Australia Daylight Saving Time or Summer Time is used in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. During Daylight Saving Time turn your clocks ahead one hour. At the end of Daylight Saving Time turn your clocks back one hour.

Australia daylight saving time begins on the first Sunday in October at 2 AM Eastern Standard Time and ends on the first Sunday in April at 2 AM Eastern Standard Time (3 AM Daylight Saving Time).

Remember - Most of Australia ends Daylight Saving Time on
Sunday April 1, 2012 at 3:00 AM local daylight time.
View individual locations below to see more local daylight saving time information.

Daylight Saving Time is not used in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.

Western Australia used Daylight Saving Time is in a trial period which began on 3 December, 2006, however, in May 2009 a referendum was held in Western Australia and voters rejected the continued use of daylight saving time.

In most of Australia the Daylight Saving Time period is referred to as "Summer Time." The names in each time zone change along with Daylight Saving Time. As an example:

Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) becomes Australian Eastern Daylight  Time (AEDT)
Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) becomes Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT)

The charts below shows when Daylight Saving Time begins and ends in Australia. You will sometimes see references to Daylight Saving Time ending at 2:00 AM Standard Time which is equivalent to 3:00 AM Daylight Saving Time in areas observing Daylight Saving Time.

Australia Daylight Saving Time Start and End Dates

Year	DST Begins at 2 a.m. standard time	DST Ends at 3 a.m. daylight saving time
2011 - 2012	Oct 2, 2011	April 1, 2012
2012 - 2013	Oct 7, 2012	April 7, 2013
2013 - 2014	Oct 6, 2013	April 6, 2014
2014 - 2015	Oct 5, 2014	April 5, 2015
2015 - 2016	Oct 4, 2015	April 3, 2016
2016 - 2017	Oct 2, 2016	April 2, 2017

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