Australian Central Daylight Time

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Australian Central Daylight Time is the daylight saving time zone used in parts of central Australia, including South Australia and the Northern Territory, during the summer months.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf daylight saving time
time zone
abbreviation ACDT
appliesToCity Adelaide
Broken Hill
appliesToLatitudeBand mid-latitude central Australia
category Time in Australia
Time zones
coincidesWith UTC+10:30 offset used in South Australia during summer
country Australia
DSTRelativeToUTC UTC+10:30 during daylight saving
DSTShiftAmount +1 hour
governingJurisdictionForRules state and territory governments of Australia
hasDSTComponent yes
IANAZoneExample Australia/Adelaide
Australia/Broken_Hill
isNinetyMinutesAheadOf Australian Western Standard Time
isOneHourAheadOf Australian Eastern Standard Time during winter when ACDT is not in effect
isThirtyMinutesBehind Australian Eastern Daylight Time
languageOfName English
notObservedInStateOrTerritory New South Wales (most of state)
Northern Territory
Queensland
Tasmania
Western Australia
observedInHemisphere Southern Hemisphere
observedInSeason summer
observedInStateOrTerritory Australian Capital Territory (for some cross-border administrative uses with SA, historically/indirectly)
New South Wales (Broken Hill region)
South Australia
Victoria (border communities aligned with SA, if any by local practice)
offsetFromAustralianCentralStandardTime +1:00
region central Australia
shortName Central Daylight Time (Australia)
standardTimeCounterpart Australian Central Standard Time
timeNotation 12-hour clock (common)
24-hour clock (official)
typicalEndMonth April
typicalEndRule first Sunday in April (most recent practice)
typicalStartMonth October
typicalStartRule first Sunday in October (most recent practice)
usedFor civil timekeeping
usesDaylightSaving true
UTCOffset +10:30
UTCOffsetHours 10.5


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