What is Australian Eastern Time?
You need to keep in mind that this time zone is an identifier for a time offset that is 10 hours ahead of the
UTC time zone.
This time pattern is maintained using highly accurate atomic clocks matched to the Earth's rotation.
In this section, you will learn key facts about this time zone and stay well informed.
The IANA time zone identifier used is Etc/GMT-10.
What is Australian Eastern Time Zone Right Now?
This time zone is a time offset that adds 10 hours to
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
In the map above we highlight the entire region covered by this time zone.
Its main cities and territories are:
In the map above we highlight the entire region covered by the time zone.
This time offset is also observed during standard time and daylight saving time for various geographic regions.
You need to be very careful finding these time zones that may have different names and abbreviations, but have the same UTC offset:
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Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
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Chamorro Standard Time (CHST)
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Chuuk Time (CHUT)
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Dumont d'Urville Time (DDUT)
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Papua New Guinea Time (PGT)
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Vladivostok Time (VLAT)
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Korea Daylight Time (KDT)
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Yakutsk Summer Time (YAKST)
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Yap Time (YAPT)
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Kilo Time Zone (K)
Main Countries
This time zone is used in the following country:
AET Time zone was introduced in the 1890s when all of the Australian colonies adopted it.
Before the switch to standard time zones, each local city or town was free to determine its local time, called local mean time.
In Australia, this time zone is present in the territories of New South Wales (except Broken Hill), Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Jervis Bay Territory and Australian Capital Territory.
Current Australian Eastern Time with seconds according to the official atomic clock.
