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AEST
Australian Eastern Standard Time
GMT +10
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WFT
Wallis and Futuna Time
GMT +12
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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AEST and WFT examples

These examples always use AEST (UTC+10) and WFT (UTC+12). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

AEST is 2 hours behind WFT.

How the time difference changes

AEST is 2 hours behind WFT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AEST correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in WFT.

Compare AEST time with WFT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Australian Eastern Standard Time is 2 hours behind Wallis and Futuna Time
4:00 am04:00 in AEST is 6:00 am06:00 in WFT

AEST to WFT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm in AEST which corresponds to 11am-5pm in WFT

4:00 am04:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Offset UTC +10:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Wallis and Futuna Time (WFT). Offset UTC +12:00 hours

4:00 am04:00 AEST / 6:00 am06:00 WFT

AESTWFT
12am (midnight)2am
1am3am
2am4am
3am5am
4am6am
5am7am
6am8am
7am9am
8am10am
9am11am
10am12pm (noon)
11am1pm
12pm (noon)2pm
1pm3pm
2pm4pm
3pm5pm
4pm6pm
5pm7pm
6pm8pm
7pm9pm
8pm10pm
9pm11pm
10pm12am (midnight)
11pm1am
00:0002:00
01:0003:00
02:0004:00
03:0005:00
04:0006:00
05:0007:00
06:0008:00
07:0009:00
08:0010:00
09:0011:00
10:0012:00
11:0013:00
12:0014:00
13:0015:00
14:0016:00
15:0017:00
16:0018:00
17:0019:00
18:0020:00
19:0021:00
20:0022:00
21:0023:00
22:0000:00
23:0001:00

Australian Eastern Standard Time

Offset: AEST is 10 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AEST time zone is Sydney in Australia, with about 5.639 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle.

AEST Time Zone Geo Map
AEST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) started on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) ends on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.

Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) is used in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales (except Broken Hill), Australian Capital Territory and in folling major cities Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra

Only part of Australia observe daylight saving. It is used in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory. Daylight saving is not observed in Queensland, Western Australia or the Northern Territory.

AEST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +10 - basic short
  • +1000 - basic
  • +10:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Kilo - Military abbreviation for AEST
  • K - short form of 'Kilo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects AEST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Antarctica/Macquarie
  • Australia/ACT
  • Australia/Brisbane
  • Australia/Canberra
  • Australia/Currie
  • Australia/Hobart
  • Australia/Lindeman
  • Australia/Melbourne
  • Australia/NSW
  • Australia/Queensland
  • Australia/Sydney
  • Australia/Tasmania
  • Australia/Victoria
Time zones with the GMT +10 offset:
  • AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time
  • CHUT - Chuuk Time
  • ChST - Chamorro Standard Time
  • K - Kilo Time Zone
  • KDT - Korea Daylight Time
  • PGT - Papua New Guinea Time
  • VLAT - Vladivostok Time
  • YAKST - Yakutsk Summer Time
  • YAPT - Yap Time

Wallis and Futuna Time

Offset: WFT is 12 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: Wallis & Futuna

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WFT time zone is Mata Utu in Wallis and Futuna, with about 1,200 people.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Wallis and Futuna Time (WFT) do not change for daylight saving time, so WFT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

WFT Time Zone Geo Map
WFT timezone map

WFT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +12 - basic short
  • +1200 - basic
  • +12:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (12) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of twelve hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Mike - Military abbreviation for WFT
  • M - short form of 'Mike'
Time zones with the GMT +12 offset:
  • ANAST - Anadyr Summer Time
  • ANAT - Anadyr Time
  • FJT - Fiji Time
  • GILT - Gilbert Island Time
  • M - Mike Time Zone
  • MAGST - Magadan Summer Time
  • MHT - Marshall Islands Time
  • NRT - Nauru Time
  • NZST - New Zealand Standard Time
  • PETST - Kamchatka Summer Time
  • TVT - Tuvalu Time
  • WFT - Wallis and Futuna Time