^ "WGST – West Greenland Summer Time (Time Zone Abbreviation)".^ "TFT – French Southern and Antarctic Time (Time Zone Abbreviation)".
^ "NOVT – Novosibirsk Time (Time Zone Abbreviation)".The Australian Eastern Standard Time does not have an associated daylight saving time.
^ Book (eISB), electronic Irish Statute. The Australian Eastern Standard Time is consistent with UTC +10.^ "Time Change in Papua New Guinea, 28 December 2014".Central Standard Time ( CST) - includes South Australia. ^ "AQTT – Aqtobe Time (Time Zone Abbreviation)". There are three time zones in Australia spread over the width of Australia from Sydney to Perth and totalling 2hrs in difference, except for daylight saving time: Eastern Standard Time ( EST) - includes New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.^ "ANAT – Anadyr Time (Time Zone Abbreviation)".The following table lists the Australian time zone abbreviations. For Google Street View pull that small yellow man from the left side on the Australia map. ^ "ALMT – Alma-Ata Time (Time Zone Abbreviation)". Scroll with your mouse to zoom, or use zoom buttons on the left side of the map.Middle European Summer Time ( same zone as CEST) Hovd Summer Time ( not used from 2017-present) Heure Avancée d'Europe Centrale French-language name for CEST South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Time
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Such designations predate both ISO 8601 and the internet era in an earlier era, they were sufficiently unambiguous for many practical uses within a national context (for example, in railway timetables and business correspondence), but their ambiguity explains their deprecation in the internet era, when communications more often cannot rely on implicit geographic context to supply part of the meaning.Īustralian Central Western Standard Time (unofficial)īritish Summer Time ( British Standard Time from Feb 1968 to Oct 1971)Ĭentral Western Standard Time (Australia) unofficialĪIX-specific equivalent of Central European Time Įastern Caribbean Time (does not recognise DST) Such designations can be ambiguous for example, "CST" can mean China Standard Time (UTC+8), Cuba Standard Time (UTC−5), and (North American) Central Standard Time (UTC−6), and it is also a widely used variant of ACST ( Australian Central Standard Time, UTC+9:30). Time zones are often represented by alphabetic abbreviations such as "EST", "WST", and "CST", but these are not part of the international time and date standard ISO 8601 and their use as sole designator for a time zone is discouraged. This is a list of time zone abbreviations. ( January 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. The external territories of Australia which observe different time zones are Heard and McDonald Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Islands, Lord Howe Island, and Norfolk Island.Īmong the eight states and mainland territories of Australia, Daylight Saving time is observed in the states of New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia and Victoria, along with the mainland territory of the Australian Capital Territory.This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. The Australian Western Standard Time is observed in the state of Western Australia, and the Australian Central Standard Time is observed in South Australia along with Northern Territory, and The Australian Eastern Standard Time is observed in Queensland, New South Wales (except Broken Hill in Western New South Wales), Victoria, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory. However, in the 1890s the standard time was introduced and it came to be used by all the states of the country. This was referred to as the mean local time. Earlier, every town and local city in the country had its own local time. The history of the time-zones in Australia dates back to the late 19th century. Unlike many other countries, regulation of time in Australia is the prerogative of the Individual state governments. These time zones are observed among all the states of Australia however, some of these states observe Daylight Saving Time. UTC+11edit Australia: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales (except Broken Hill), Tasmania, Victoria (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) Australia. The three main time zones observed in Australia are Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST UTC+10:00), Australian Western Standard Time (AWST UTC+08:00), and the Australian Central Standard Time (ACST UTC+09:30). Australia uses three time-zones, while the external territories follow different time zones.