Standard Time = GMT+10
Daylight Saving = GMT+11
What time zone is New South Wales in?
Standard Time is 10 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+10).
Exception: YancOwinna (also known as Broken Hill) is in NSW, but adheres to South Australian time, including Daylight Saving Time.
Does New South Wales observe Daylight Saving Time?
Daylight Saving Time is observed in New South Wales, where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour, resulting in a 11 hour difference ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+11).
After the Summer months the time is shifted back by 1 hour resulting in the normal Standard Time.
Standard Time in Sydney, NSW
Standard time in New South Wales (known as Eastern Standard Time) is the mean time of the meridian of longitude 150 degrees east of Greenwich, England. In other words, New South Wales (except for Broken Hill and Lord Howe Island) is 10 hours ahead of Greenwich.
Standard time in Broken Hill (i.e. the County of Yancowinna) is the mean time of the meridian of longitude 142 degrees 30 minutes east of Greenwich and standard time in Lord Howe Island is the mean time of the meridian of longitude 157 degrees 30 minutes east of Greenwich (9.5 hours and 10.5 hours ahead of Greenwich respectively).
Start and Finish of Daylight Saving in Sydney, NSW
Australia Daylight Saving Time begins at 2am (AEST) on the first Sunday in October and ends at 2am (AEST) (which is 3am Australian Eastern Daylight Time) on the first Sunday in April.
What is the international telephone dialling code for New South Wales?
The international dialling code for New South Wales is +612.
Government of New South Wales website : www.nsw.gov.au
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Current local time in Sydney, Australia (Australia/Sydney time zone). Get information about the Australia/Sydney time zone. Local time and date, DST adjusted (where ever daylight saving time is applicable) current time in all cities/countries belonging to Sydney Time zone.
Current time in Sydney, Australia is:
04:10:29 AM on Monday, Nov 21, 2022
Australia/Sydney time zone offset is: UTC / GMT +11:00 hours
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Australia/Sydney Timezone
| Current Time and Date in Australia/Sydney: 04:10:29 AM(AEDT) on Monday, Nov 21, 2022 |
| Country : Australia |
| Is Daylight Saving Time (DST) in effect in Australia? Yes |
| Most Recent DST Transition in Australia/Sydney DST began at 2:00:00 AM, Monday, Jan 1, 1917. When local clocks are set forward by 1 hour. |
| Next Scheduled DST Transition in Australia/Sydney DST will end at 03:00:00 AM, Sunday, Mar 25, 1917. When local clocks are to be set backward by 1 hour. |
| » View complete DST Transitions History of Australia/Sydney timezone |
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Time in States and Territories in Australia (8 States and Territories Listed Below, 3 States and Territories Have Multiple Time Zones) | |
New South Wales (west) * | Fri 1:40 pm |
New South Wales * | Fri 2:10 pm |
Northern Territory | Fri 12:40 pm |
Queensland | Fri 1:10 pm |