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ACST: Australian Central Standard Time (UTC+9:30)

ACST is UTC+9:30, 9 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC. It stands for Australian Central Standard Time.

Australian Central Standard Time (ACST), UTC+9:30

ACST stands for Australian Central Standard Time and is UTC+9:30, which is 9 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC.

Some of these places also switch to ACDT (UTC+10:30) while daylight saving time is in effect. Others keep ACST all year.

Current time in ACST
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Cities that use ACST: Adelaide, Darwin, Alice Springs.

Convert ACST to other time zones

When it is…9:00 AM ACST12:00 PM ACST5:00 PM ACST
UTC11:30 PM (-1 day)2:30 AM7:30 AM
PST (Pacific)3:30 PM (-1 day)6:30 PM (-1 day)11:30 PM (-1 day)
MST (Mountain)4:30 PM (-1 day)7:30 PM (-1 day)12:30 AM
CST (Central US)5:30 PM (-1 day)8:30 PM (-1 day)1:30 AM
EST (Eastern)6:30 PM (-1 day)9:30 PM (-1 day)2:30 AM
CET (Central Europe)12:30 AM3:30 AM8:30 AM
EET (Eastern Europe)1:30 AM4:30 AM9:30 AM
IST (India)5:00 AM8:00 AM1:00 PM
JST (Japan)8:30 AM11:30 AM4:30 PM
AEST (Sydney)9:30 AM12:30 PM5:30 PM

Frequently asked questions

What does ACST stand for?

ACST stands for Australian Central Standard Time.

What is the UTC offset of ACST?

ACST is UTC+9:30.

What is the difference between ACST and ACDT?

ACST is UTC+9:30 and ACDT is UTC+10:30, a difference of 1 hour. Places that use both switch between them when daylight saving time starts and ends. The live line above shows which one applies right now.