IANA Name: Australia/South
Standard Offset: UTC +9:30
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC +10:30
DST Abbreviation: ACDT
Currently Observing DST: No ❌
FAQ — Australia/South
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The current local time in Australia/South is 18:28:47. Australia/South is currently UTC+09:30. Compare with all major time zones.
Australia/South is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.
Yes — Australia/South observes DST. In standard time it is ACST UTC+09:30; during DST it switches to ACDT UTC+10:30. Exact transition dates follow the local government's DST rules and are baked into the IANA tz database.
Australia/South is used (in whole or in part) by Australia. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between Australia/South and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.