Southampton Island remains on Eastern Standard time all year long. Nunavut covers 3 time zones and all zones change at 02:00 local time. Areas around Lloydminster are in the Mountain Time zone and change at 2:00 a.m. Most of Saskatchewan uses Central Standard time all year round. The areas of Ontario, west of 90° West longitude, are in the Central Time zone and change at 2:00 a.m. Return to first footnote 2 referrer Footnote 3 Some areas of Quebec east of 63° West longitude use Atlantic Time for all or part of the year. Prior to November 2011, Newfoundland changed time at 00:01 local time.
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(This has been denoted as serial number #07 as is transmitted in CHU code.) Province/Territory The time zone maps and the dates listed below have been in effect since 2020. Exceptions may exist in certain municipalities.
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When does daylight saving time start and end?ĭaylight saving time in Canada is determined by provincial legislation. These boundaries and changeover dates have serial number 07, broadcast in computer readable form on short wave station CHU along with Canada's official time reference UTC (NRC): Coordinated Universal Time, the modern implementation of Greenwich Time.Ī major change in official time practice will be given a new serial number and documented here. Starting in 2007, clocks following the new North American standard for Daylight Saving Time are to be turned forward by one hour on the second Sunday in March and turned back on the first Sunday of November. In Canada, Time Zones and Daylight Saving Time usually have been regulated by provincial and territorial governments. The time in the southeastern states become UTC+11, using "Eastern" in the time zone name rather than "Central", with the abbreviations being EST, EDT, AEST, or AEDT.ĭaylight Saving Time begins at 2am (AEST) on the first Sunday in October and ends at 2am (AEST) (which is 3am Australian Eastern Daylight Time) on the first Sunday in April.ĪEST becomes Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT), and clocks are advanced to UTC +11.ĪCST becomes Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT), and clocks are advanced to UTC +10 ½.ĭaylight Saving Time is not observed in Queensland, the Northern Territory or Western Australia.The times for the start and end of Daylight saving time in Canadian time zones can be found here. South Australia time becomes UTC+10:30, called Central Summer Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT), possibly with "Australia" prefixed (ACST or ACDT). This has resulted in three time zones becoming five during the daylight-saving period, so Australia has both horizontal and vertical time zones in summer. New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia observe DST every year. Daylight Saving Time in Australiaĭaylight Saving Time is the practice of advancing clocks one hour during the summer months of the year. Australian Western Standard Time (AWST)ĪWST is equal to Coordinated Universal Time plus 8 hours (UTC +8). Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)Ĭovers the state of South Australia, the town of Broken Hill in western New South Wales and the Northern Territory.ĪCST is equal to Coordinated Universal Time plus 9 ½ hours (UTC +9 ½). Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)Ĭovers the eastern states of Queensland, New South Wales (with the exception of the town of Broken Hill), Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.ĪEST is equal to Coordinated Universal Time plus 10 hours (UTC +10). The proper names of Australia's time zones are: Australian Western Standard Time - UTC+08 (AWST), Australian Central Standard Time - UTC+09:30 (ACST), and Australian Eastern Standard Time - UTC+10:00 (AEST). Because Australia is situated west to the International Date Line, it is ahead of time compared to most other countries of the world.
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Australian continent stretches out over three time zones.