How to Convert Brisbane Local Time to IST
Use this time zone converter to quickly and visually convert Brisbane, Australia time to India Standard Time or vice versa – simply mouse over the colored hour tiles!
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Time Zones
As when travelling to Australia from another country it’s important to bear in mind that Australia features multiple time zones; each one being tied into Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), but can vary slightly between regions.
State and territory governments are permitted to set standard times according to national guidelines. Most federal legislation gives way to state or territory legislation in this area; however, there may be exceptions; for instance polling stations in Western Australia typically close two hours later than their eastern State counterparts when conducting federal elections, while legal documents submitted at federal courts typically adhere to their local time.
New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory observe Daylight Saving Time from the first Sunday in October through to April 1. Queensland, Western Australia and Lord Howe Island do not observe DST.
Daylight Saving Time
Brisbane is identified by IANA as Australia/Brisbane and this page displays its current local time, as well as date and day of week information, DST status and countdown timer to next time change.
Summer in Australia marks Daylight Saving Time in the southeastern states of New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania, as well as on its external territories – Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Queensland and Northern Territory do not observe Daylight Saving Time, while Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory don’t either; individual state and territory governments determine whether to implement DST. Tasmania was the first state to adopt daylight saving time (DST) during peacetime in 1968, later followed by New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia in 1971. Queensland and Western Australia occasionally use DST on trial basis since that time; DST ends on the first Sunday in October at 2:00 am and begins again three hours later on April’s last Sunday at 3.00 am.
Summer Time
As the sun does not set at an equal time worldwide, some regions experience different lengths of day and night cycles – this effect being more noticeable the further away one is from the equator.
As summertime approaches in Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and other Australian Capital Territories move from Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) to Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT), while Western Australia and Broken Hill stay on Australian Western Standard Time (AWST).
In 2000, these east coast states and territories started Daylight Saving Time early due to the Summer Olympic Games held in Sydney; however, due to the 2006 Commonwealth Games they delayed returning to Standard Time by one week later than usual (ending on 2 April 2006 instead). At Gold Coast Airport we follow New South Wales time zone year-round which observes DST.
Winter Time
Brisbane typically does not experience snow during the winter season, though if it should happen it likely falls in southern Queensland like Stanthorpe on the Granite Belt. Winter typically experiences its maximum daylight hours in December with decreasing amounts during June.
All year, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania as well as Lord Howe Island observe Daylight Saving Time while Western Australia, Northern Territory, Jervis Bay Territory and Cocos (Keeling) Islands do not – these states observe Daylight Saving Time through daylight savings time adjustments instead.
Before 2005, Australian states and territories were legally required to observe Greenwich Mean Time as their standard time. Following a proposal by the Australian National Measurement Institute to adopt UTC as their official standard time starting 1 September 2005, Attorney-Generals from all 50 states or territories accepted this proposal; thus enabling Gold Coast Airport, located between NSW and QLD states, to keep on track year round with one time zone.
