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9:30 pm21:30 ACST (UTC+9:30), Oct 28, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 AWST (UTC+8), Oct 28, 2026

Darwin is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of AWST.

How the time difference changes

Darwin is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of AWST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Darwin correspond to 7:30 am to 4:30 pm in AWST.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Darwin correspond to 07:30 to 16:30 in AWST.

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

Time Difference

ACST (Australian Central Standard Time) is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of Australian Western Standard Time.
9:30 pm21:30 in Darwin, Australia is 8:00 pm20:00 in AWST

Darwin to AWST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10:30am-6pm10:30-18:00 in Darwin which corresponds to 9am-4:30pm09:00-16:30 in AWST

9:30 pm21:30 ACST (Australian Central Standard Time) (Darwin, Australia). Offset UTC +9:30 hours
8:00 pm20:00 Australian Western Standard Time (AWST). Offset UTC +8:00 hours

9:30 pm21:30 Darwin, Australia / 8:00 pm20:00 AWST

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Darwin Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
ACST – Australian Central Standard Time, UTC+9:30 (no daylight saving time)

Darwin Facts

Country
Australia
Alternative Names
DRW, Daarwin, Darvin, Darvina, Darvinas, Darvino, Darwin, Dārvina, Ntargouin, Palmerston, Port Darwin, da er wen, da er wen gang, dar win, dara'u'ina, daravina, darvina, darvini, darwyn, dau~in, dawin, drwwyn, tarvin, Ντάργουιν, Дарвин, Дарвін, Դարվին, דארווין, דרווין, داروين, داروین, داروین، قوزئی توپراق‌لاری, ڈارون, डार्विन, ডারউইন, ਡਾਰਵਿਨ, டார்வின், ഡാർവിൻ, ดาร์วิน, ဒါဝင်မြို့, დარვინი, ダーウィン, 达尔文, 达尔文港, 다윈
Population
139,902
Currency
Dollar (AUD)
Geographic Coordinates
12° 27' S Latitude / 130° 50' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+61

Australian Western Standard Time

Offset: AWST is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AWST time zone is Perth in Australia, with about 2.384 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mandurah, Bunbury, Geraldton, Albany.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) do not change for daylight saving time, so AWST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

AWST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for AWST
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
IANA/Olson: Reflects AWST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Australia/Perth
  • Australia/West
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time