AWST – Australian Western Standard Time / Western Standard Time (Standard Time)
Also known as: WST – Western Standard Time, WAT – Western Australia Time
Areas with same time currently (UTC +8).
Currently has same time zone offset as AWST (UTC +8) but different time zone name.
Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) is 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. This time zone is in use during standard time in: Australia.
This time zone is often called Western Standard Time.
Email time zone indicator: +0800
An email sent from someone in the Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) time zone will have the time zone listed as "+0800" in the headers of the email. (However, "+0800" does not have to be in Australian Western Standard Time, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
Where and when is AWST observed?
Australia
Australian states/territories using AWST all year
- Western Australia
Other time zones in UTC +8
Some time zones exist that have the same offset as AWST, but can be found under a different name:
- BNT – Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST – Casey Time
- CHOT – Choibalsan Time
- CST – China Standard Time
- H – Hotel Time Zone
- HKT – Hong Kong Time
- HOVST – Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT – Irkutsk Time
- KRAST – Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT – Malaysia Time
- PHT – Philippine Time
- SGT – Singapore Time
- ULAT – Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA – Central Indonesian Time
AWST time now
12:46:52AM
Monday, April 11, 2016
- UTC Offset: UTC +8
- 15 hours ahead of San Francisco
Find current time and time zone by city
Example cities
Australia – Perth (All Year)
Time Zone Map with DST
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