Darwin, Australia · UTC+9:30
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Darwin, capital of Australia’s Northern Territory, runs on UTC+9:30 year-round. The half-hour offset puts it perpetually between neighboring timezone zones. The IANA identifier is Australia/Darwin. While South Australia also uses UTC+9:30 as its base, South Australia observes daylight saving, shifting to UTC+10:30 in summer. Darwin does not shift. The Northern Territory has voted against DST repeatedly.
The most recent NT referendum on DST, held in 1992, produced a 55% vote against the change. Opposition arguments cited disruption to the cattle industry (which operates at dawn), children going to school in darkness, and heat: adding extra afternoon sun to an already extreme Top End dry-season temperature was not appealing. The vote settled the matter for decades.
Close to the equator, far from DST
Darwin sits at 12.5 degrees south, close enough to the equator that daylight variation is minimal: about 11.5 hours in June and 12.5 hours in December. The DST debate in Darwin is less about light and more about economics and coordination. The city’s nearest major partners are in Perth, Southeast Asia, and the mining operations across the NT. All of those are easier to schedule without a moving clock.
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Questions about time in Darwin
- What timezone is Darwin in?
- Darwin uses the IANA timezone
Australia/Darwin. The UTC offset is always UTC+9:30 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Darwin observe daylight saving time?
- No. Darwin does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+9:30 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Darwin?
- Darwin is currently at UTC+9:30.
- What is the time difference between Darwin and New York?
- Darwin is currently 13 hours 30 minutes ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Darwin and London?
- Darwin is currently 8 hours 30 minutes ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Darwin and Los Angeles?
- Darwin is currently 16 hours 30 minutes ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Darwin and Tokyo?
- Darwin is currently 30 minutes ahead of Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Darwin?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Darwin 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.