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Australia/Lord_Howe

Australia/Lord_Howe is the IANA time zone for Lord Howe Island in Australia.

UTC+10:30

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+10:30 LHST

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+10:30
Daylight offset
UTC+11:00
Rule
Daylight saving time from the first Sunday in October at 02:00 to the first Sunday in April at 02:00 (local time).

Next clock changes

  • Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 02:00: forward to UTC+11 (LHST → LHDT)
  • Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 02:00: back to UTC+10:30 (LHDT → LHST)

Names

Generic name
Lord Howe Time
Abbreviation
LHST / LHDT
Standard / daylight
Lord Howe Standard Time / Lord Howe Daylight Time
Aliases
Australia/LHI (old ids that resolve to Australia/Lord_Howe)

Use it in code

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Australia/Lord_Howe' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Australia/Lord_Howe')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Australia/Lord_Howe';

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1980: UTC+10
  • 1981: UTC+10, UTC+10:30 and UTC+11:30 during the year
  • 1982–1984: UTC+10:30 and UTC+11:30 each year
  • 1985: UTC+10:30, UTC+11 and UTC+11:30 during the year
  • 1986–2026: UTC+10:30 and UTC+11 each year

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