Australian Western Standard Time

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Australian Western Standard Time is the standard time zone used in Western Australia, typically observed at UTC+8 hours.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf standard time
time zone
appliesToRegion Western Australia
coexistsWith Australian Central Standard Time
Australian Eastern Standard Time
country Australia
DSTAbbreviationSameAsStandard true
hasAbbreviation AWST
hemisphere Southern Hemisphere
IANAZoneName Antarctica/Casey
Perth
surface form: Australia/Perth

Indian/Christmas
isOneOfMainlandAustralianTimeZones true
isPartOfTimeStandard Australian standard time system
isStandardTimeFor Goldfields-Esperance region
Kimberley region
Perth
surface form: Perth metropolitan area

Pilbara region
South West region of Western Australia
languageOfAbbreviation English
legalDefinitionJurisdiction Government of Western Australia
observedAllYear true
observedInAdministrativeArea Western Australia
surface form: State of Western Australia
observedInCity Albany
Broome
Bunbury
Esperance
Geraldton
Kalgoorlie
Pilbara region
surface form: Karratha

Mandurah
Perth
Port Hedland
Rockingham
observedInTerritory Christmas Island
surface form: Christmas Island (Australia)
offsetFromAustralianCentralStandardTime −1.5 hours
offsetFromAustralianEasternStandardTime −2 hours
seasonalEffect Longer evening daylight in summer due to southern latitude
shortName AWST
timeNotation UTC+8
timeRelationToUTC 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time
typicalUse broadcast scheduling
business hours scheduling
civil timekeeping
transport timetables
usesDaylightSavingTime false
UTCOffset +08:00
UTCOffsetHours 8

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AWST abbreviationFor Australian Western Standard Time
Australian Eastern Daylight Time coexistsWith Australian Western Standard Time
Philippine Standard Time coincidesWith Australian Western Standard Time
this entity surface form: Western Australia Standard Time (UTC+8)
China Standard Time coincidesWithTimeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Antarctica/Casey followsTimeStandard Australian Western Standard Time
AWST fullName Australian Western Standard Time
Perth locatedInTimeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Parliament of Western Australia meetsInTimeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Indian/Christmas observesTimeStandard Australian Western Standard Time
Australian Central Standard Time relatedTimeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Australian Eastern Standard Time relatedTimeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Malaysia Time sameUTCOffsetAs Australian Western Standard Time
this entity surface form: Western Australia Standard Time (non‑DST)
Australia timeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Broome timeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Bunbury timeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Geraldton timeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Goldfields-Esperance region timeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Kalgoorlie timeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Mandurah timeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Pilbara region timeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Port Hedland timeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Western Australia timeZone Australian Western Standard Time
Perth Airport timezone Australian Western Standard Time