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Australia/Perth

Australia/Perth is the IANA time zone for Western Australia (most areas) in Australia.

UTC+08:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+8 AWST

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+08:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC+8 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Australian Western Standard Time
Abbreviation
AWST
Long name
Australian Western Standard Time
Aliases
Australia/West (old ids that resolve to Australia/Perth)

Use it in code

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

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

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

Cities in Australia/Perth

Also in this zone: Mandurah.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1973: UTC+8
  • 1974–1975: UTC+8 and UTC+9 each year
  • 1976–1982: UTC+8
  • 1983–1984: UTC+8 and UTC+9 each year
  • 1985–1990: UTC+8
  • 1991–1992: UTC+8 and UTC+9 each year
  • 1993–2005: UTC+8
  • 2006–2009: UTC+8 and UTC+9 each year
  • 2010–2026: UTC+8

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