DST Ending in Australia
By Sara Kornberg and Mathew Gundersen. Published 7-Mar-2024
Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends in Australia on April 7, 2024, giving people in parts of the country an extra hour to snooze on Sunday morning.
The orange-striped areas in Australia will end DST on April 7, 2024. New Zealand also ends DST on the same date.
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Clocks in most areas will be set back 1 hour to standard time from 03:00 (3 am) to 02:00 (2 am), local time on April 7, 2024.
Australia clock change in detail
Australia’s Clock Changes
Clocks will be turned back one hour in:
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Tasmania
- Norfolk Island (introduced in 2019)
On Lord Howe Island, situated in a rare half-hour time zone, clocks move back 30 minutes instead of one hour.
No DST in Parts of Australia
Northern and western parts of Australia do not use DST, so the clocks will not change in Queensland, the Northern Territory, or Western Australia.
The same is true in the Australian dependencies Christmas Island and Cocos Island.
New Zealand Ends DST
All of New Zealand also uses DST. Clocks will be set back by one hour from 03:00 (3 am) to 02:00 (2 am) local time on April 7, 2024.
New Zealand clock change in detail
In New Zealand’s second time zone, the Chatham Islands, time will change from 03:45 (3:45 am) to 02:45 (2:45 am), local time.
Tokelau, a New Zealand dependency, does not use DST.
Neighboring country Samoa decided to scrap DST in 2021.
When Will DST Start Again?
Daylight Saving Time in Australia runs from the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April each year. DST will start again on October 6, 2024.
In New Zealand, DST starts again on September 29, 2024. Kiwis observe DST from the last Sunday in September to the first Sunday in April.