Daylight savings Australia: Clocks go back an hour 2am Sunday October 2
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DST starts this weekend – all of Australia’s time zones are changing and how it affects where you live
- Most Aussies are moving their clocks forward as Daylight Savings Time starts soon
- NSW, Victoria, SA, Tasmania, ACT and Norfolk Island will change their time
- They lose an hour on Sunday at 2am while the rest of the country stays the same
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Daylight Savings Time kicks off this weekend, with Australians losing an hour in some states as the clocks move forward.
Time will advance one hour on Sunday, October 2 at 2am for NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT and Norfolk Island.
Daylight Savings Time will remain in effect until the first Sunday in April 2023 – when people get an extra hour of sleep when the clocks go back.
Every year the time changes for them on the first Sunday in October before these Aussies get the hour back in April – which is often used as extra sleep time (pictured, stock photo)
Time is ticking forward one hour on Sunday at 2am for New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT and Norfolk Island – a remote island in the Pacific Ocean
Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory stay on the current time as they do not follow daylight saving time.
Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, remote Australian areas in the Indian Ocean, also opt for daylight saving time.
Clocks on digital devices advance automatically, but regular clocks have to be changed manually.
NSW, Victoria and Tasmania have the same time from October to April next year – Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).
South Australia will observe the Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) and be half an hour behind the eastern coast states.
Queensland is on Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) and one hour behind NSW, Victoria and Tasmania.
Western Australia lags on Australian Western Standard Time (AWST), three hours behind daylight saving time states in the east.
The Northern Territory will be on Australian Central Standard Time (ACST), putting it an hour and a half behind NSW, Victoria and Tasmania.
Clocks on digital devices advance automatically, but regular clocks need to be changed manually