Clock changes in Australia
Clocks in Australia go forward one hour on Saturday, 3 October 2026: at 02:00 they jump to 03:00. The night is one hour shorter — summer time starts.
The night of 3 October 2026
Between 02:00 and 03:00 the clock skips: that hour does not exist. Anything scheduled inside it lands after the jump.
⚠ 02:00–03:00 · summer time starts
The next changes
4 of 4
- 03 10 02:00 → 03:00 · summer time starts Saturday
- 03 04 03:00 → 02:00 · standard time returns Saturday
- 02 10 02:00 → 03:00 · summer time starts Saturday
- 01 04 03:00 → 02:00 · standard time returns Saturday
Australia spans 5 time zones; these dates are computed from Australia/Sydney. Regions that opt out of daylight saving — where they exist — keep standard time through the summer.
Transitions are computed directly from the IANA time-zone database at build time, not from a hand-kept table — if the rules change, these dates change with the next daily build.
FAQ
When do the clocks change in Australia?
Saturday, 3 October 2026, at 02:00 local time, when clocks go forward one hour.
Why does the time difference to other countries wobble?
Countries change their clocks on different dates — Europe and North America are a week or more apart — so for a few weeks each spring and autumn the usual difference is temporarily an hour off. Every overlap and difference figure on this site reads the current offsets from the IANA time-zone database, so those weeks are handled automatically.