World's Info : Time zones in Australia

There are 3 official and widely known standard time zones in Australia, covering the country mainland territories.

• UTC+10:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time Zone includes 4 states - Queensland (QLD), New South Wales (NSW), Tasmania (TAS), Victoria (VIC), and Australian Capital Territory (ACT) with Canberra capital city.
• UTC+09:30 Australian Central Standard Time Zone comprises entire Northern Territory (NT), the state of South Australia (SA), and the Broken Hill city in New South Wales (NSW), located near the border with South Australia.
• UTC+08:00 Australian Western Standard Time Zone covers the whole Western Australia (WA), except of a small portion of the southeastern coast.

But on practice, there are more other time zones.

• UTC+08:45 Central Western Time Zone is unofficially used by some settlements in Western Australia on the stretch of the southeastern coast from Eucla to Caiguna.
• UTC+10:30 Lord Howe Time Zone used on the Lord Howe Island, which officially is a part of New South Wales.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is observed by the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria states, and the Macquarie Island (Tasmania), which is staying in DST year around.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) in 2015-2016 - starts on Sunday 04 October 2015, 02:00 local time (clock by 1 hour ahead) - ends on Sunday 03 April 2016, 03:00 local time (clock by 1 hour back)

See, in what time zones are located the major cities of Australia, including the capital city Canberra (marked by **), state capitals (marked by *), the largest metropolises, tourist places and other locations.