Time zone
Australian Eastern Time
UTC offset
UTC+10 / UTC+11
Daylight saving
Yes — but opposite to Northern Hemisphere
Country
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Fun facts about London time 🕐
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Sydney observes daylight saving time, but in reverse to Europe and America — clocks go forward in October and back in April. Southern Hemisphere seasons are flipped.
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Sydney hosts one of the world's most watched New Year celebrations. Billions watch the Harbour Bridge fireworks hours before Europeans have even had lunch on December 31st.
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The Sydney Opera House at golden hour — the white concrete shells turning warm copper against the blue harbour — is one of Earth's most photographed architectural moments.
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Sydney is so geographically isolated that the nearest major timezone neighbour is Tokyo — 1 hour behind. For Sydney, Asia is the neighbour, not Europe or North America.
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Queensland (Brisbane) refuses to observe daylight saving, creating bizarre situations where Brisbane and Sydney are different times despite being in the 'same' timezone.
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When you're in a Monday morning meeting in London, Sydney is already finishing work on Monday evening. The future is always in Australia.
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London has two time zones per year — GMT in winter and BST in summer. The city has been confusing international call schedulers since 1847.
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Railway companies forced Britain to standardize to London time in 1847. Trains: accidentally inventors of time zones.
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British pubs used to have strict closing times set by the government during WWI to keep factory workers sober. Time literally controlled drinking.
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When London observes GMT, it shares its timezone with Iceland, Ghana, Senegal and Portugal. Quite the eclectic group.
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The speaking clock — a phone service that tells you the time — was invented in Sydney in 1936. People called it so much it still exists today. Just dial 123.
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