Alice Springs, Australia · UTC+9:30
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Alice Springs is in the Australia/Darwin timezone (ACST/UTC+9:30), with no daylight saving. At the geographic center of Australia, it has a population of around 25,000.
Alice Springs is as close to the middle of Australia as a town gets. It sits in the Northern Territory’s Red Centre, surrounded by the MacDonnell Ranges, 1,500 kilometers from the nearest coast in any direction. The outback here is ancient, dry, and enormous. The town of roughly 25,000 people is one of the most isolated urban centers on Earth by distance to the next large city.
The clock is Central Standard Time, UTC+9:30 year-round. The Northern Territory does not observe daylight saving time. This puts Alice Springs in permanent sync with Darwin, 1,500 kilometers to the north, and permanently 30 minutes offset from the eastern states.
The half-hour offset places Alice Springs in an interesting position during daylight saving season in the eastern states. When Sydney and Melbourne spring forward to UTC+11, Alice Springs stays at UTC+9:30, making it 1.5 hours behind the east coast. For a town that does significant business with Adelaide (UTC+10:30 in summer), it means a one-hour difference that requires tracking.
Hub for the Red Centre
Alice Springs is the logistical hub for a vast region of central Australia. The Alice Springs to Darwin railway, the Ghan, takes around 55 hours to travel its 2,979-kilometer route. The town’s time is shaped by these long distances and the rhythm of road trains, cattle stations, and tourist operations in the surrounding country.
9am in Alice Springs is 11:30pm the previous night in London during Australian winter.
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Questions about time in Alice Springs
- What timezone is Alice Springs in?
- Alice Springs uses the IANA timezone
Australia/Darwin. The UTC offset is always UTC+9:30 — this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Alice Springs observe daylight saving time?
- No. Alice Springs does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+9:30 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Alice Springs?
- Alice Springs is currently at UTC+9:30.
- What is the time difference between Alice Springs and New York?
- Alice Springs is currently 13 hours 30 minutes ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Alice Springs and London?
- Alice Springs is currently 8 hours 30 minutes ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Alice Springs and Los Angeles?
- Alice Springs is currently 16 hours 30 minutes ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Alice Springs and Tokyo?
- Alice Springs is currently 30 minutes ahead of Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Alice Springs?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Alice Springs is
Australia/Darwin. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Australia/Darwin' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Australia/Darwin')`), or any IANA-compatible library.