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This is a list of the UTC time offsets, showing the difference in hours and minutes from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), from the westernmost (−12:00) to the easternmost (+14:00). It includes countries and regions that observe them during standard time or year-round.
Queensland – Standard Time Act 1894 [14] New South Wales – Standard Time Act 1987 [15] Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory – Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 [16] Victoria – Summer Time Act 1972 [17] Tasmania – Standard Time Act 1895 [18] and the Daylight Saving Act 2007 [19]
Time zones of the world. A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.
Australian time zones during daylight-saving time (from southern spring to southern autumn) Daylight saving time (DST) is currently observed in the Australian states of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria, as well as the Australian Capital Territory, Jervis Bay Territory and Norfolk Island.
This is because Broken Hill, unlike the rest of New South Wales, is on Central Time. ABC channels are relayed from Sydney, so all programming is a half-hour earlier than advertised. Southern Cross GTS/BKN broadcasts Seven Network programming including AFL telecasts and other sporting and major events.
The shift is the amount of time added at the DST start time and subtracted at the DST end time. For example, in Canada and the United States, when DST starts, the local time changes from 02:00 to 03:00, and when DST ends, the local time changes from 02:00 to 01:00. As the time change depends on the time zone, it does not occur simultaneously in ...
Located in the Australian state of New South Wales, it encompasses the Sydney city metropolis itself (the state capital) and the surrounding regions. It covers an area stretching from the Hawkesbury River to the Northern Beaches regions in the north, to the Blue Mountains in the west, and the Wollondilly , Campbelltown , and Sutherland regions ...
Satellite photo of the Sydney (centre) area at night, facing west by northwest. Regional NSW areas can be seen on this map such as Wollongong in the Illawarra region can be seen at the bottom left, Bowral and Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands region can be seen in the far left, as well as Gosford in the Central Coast region is visible at the far right.