Australian Central Standard Time

E8481

standard time time zone

Australian Central Standard Time is the standard time zone used in central regions of Australia, typically 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+9:30).

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	standard time → time zone →
abbreviation	ACST →
appliesToHemisphere	Southern Hemisphere →
appliesToSeason	all year in Northern Territory → winter standard time in South Australia →
continent	Australia (Oceania) →
coordinatedUniversalTimeRelation	9 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC →
country	Australia →
countrySubdivisionType	Australian state or territory time →
daylightSavingAbbreviation	ACDT →
daylightSavingTimeVariant	Australian Central Daylight Time →
daylightSavingUTCOffset	+10:30 →
governingAuthority	Australian state and territory governments →
hasHalfHourOffset	true →
IANAZoneExample	Australia/Adelaide → Australia/Broken_Hill → Australia/Darwin →
languageOfName	English →
legalStatus	legally defined standard time in Northern Territory → legally defined standard time in South Australia →
observesDaylightSaving	no (Northern Territory) → yes (Broken Hill, New South Wales) → yes (South Australia) →
offsetDifferenceFromAEST	−0:30 →
offsetDifferenceFromAWST	+1:30 →
regionCode	AU-Central →
relatedTimeZone	Australian Eastern Standard Time → Australian Western Standard Time →
shortName	Central Standard Time (Australia) →
timeNotation	UTC+9:30 →
timeOffsetType	non-integer hour offset from UTC →
typicalUse	broadcast scheduling in central Australia → business hours scheduling → civil timekeeping →
usedByCity	Adelaide → Alice Springs → Broken Hill → Darwin →
usedInPartOfState	Broken Hill region of New South Wales → Yancowinna County, New South Wales → eastern border regions of Western Australia (unofficially in some communities) →
usedInRegion	central Australia →
usedInStateOrTerritory	New South Wales → Northern Territory → Queensland → South Australia →
UTCOffset	+09:30 →
UTCOffsetHours	9.5 →

Referenced by (38)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adelaide → Adelaide Airport → Arnhem Land → Australia → Central Australia → Darwin International Airport → Kangaroo Island → Nightcliff → Parap → Port of Darwin → South Australia → South Australia → Stuart Park → Yancowinna County, New South Wales → Yulara →	timeZone
Adelaide Festival Centre → Alice Springs → Australian Rail Track Corporation → Karama → Northern Territory → Top End →	locatedInTimeZone
Casuarina → Darwin → Fannie Bay → Larrakeyah → Nhulunbuy → Tennant Creek →	timezone
Australian Eastern Daylight Time ("Australian Central Daylight Time") → Australian Western Standard Time →	coexistsWith
ACST →	abbreviationFor
ACST →	fullName
ACDT ("Australian Central Time") →	isDaylightSavingVariantOf
ACST ("Central Australia time zone region") →	regionType
Australian Eastern Standard Time →	relatedTimeZone
Australian Central Standard Time ("Central Standard Time (Australia)") →	shortName
Australian Central Daylight Time →	standardTimeCounterpart
Australia/Darwin →	standardTimeName
Cyclone Tracy →	timeZoneOfImpact