Timezone Insight
The timezone in Sydney is Australia/Sydney (GMT+10).
Its current offset is GMT+10:00 (GMT+10).
What is the Timezone of Sydney?
Detailed facts, current offset, DST status, and real-time data for the Australia/Sydney timezone used by Sydney, Australia.
IANA Timezone Data
How to convert from Australia/Sydney to UTC
Converting a time from Australia/Sydney to UTC is straightforward:
For example, if it is 12:00 in Sydney, it is 02:00 UTC.
To convert the other way (UTC to Sydney), add +10 hours to the UTC time. The offset changes by ±1 hour during daylight saving transitions in spring and fall.
About the Australia/Sydney timezone
Australia/Sydney is an IANA time zone identifier — the canonical, globally unique name for the civil time observed in Sydney, Australia. Every operating system, programming language, and calendar product that supports time zones recognises this string and uses it to compute the correct local time for any given moment.
IANA time zones are maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and track the historical, current, and planned future civil time of every region — including daylight saving time (DST) transitions, country-level changes, and historical anomalies. This is why software like macOS, Linux, Windows, and major cloud services all use the same identifiers.
Related time zones in the Australia region
Australia/Perth
Related tools
- See the current local time in Sydney.
- Use the Sydney vs London time difference calculator.
- Check how many hours of daylight Sydney gets today.
- See the sunrise & sunset times in Sydney.