Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT)

ACDT is used in South Australia during Daylight Saving Time period

Current local time now in Adelaide, capital city of South Australia

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Oct 19, 2026 GMT+10:30 (DST)
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Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) is the name of the time zone used during the summer months in the state of South Australia.

The time difference from GMT/UTC is 10 hours and thirty minutes.

During the winter months, South Australia is on Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). The time difference is 9 hours and thirty minutes

ACST is also used by the Northern Territory and the town of Broken Hill in New South Wales.

Neither uses Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Australia has multiple time zones and different Daylight Saving Time rules for each state. Check current time and time differences (GMT/UTC offsets) by city or using the clickable map.

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22:47Perth01:17 (DST)Adelaide01:47 (DST)SydneyMelbourne00:47Brisbane

Australia Daylight Saving Time

Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) is in use in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the first Sunday in October through to the first Sunday in April.

Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia do NOT use DST.


Australia is divided into six states: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania and 2 territories, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.

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