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Brisbane and the rest of Queensland keep AEST, UTC+10 in every month. Queensland has no daylight saving, so its clocks do not change. Brisbane time now is live on the flip clock above, with the seconds running.

Updated 20 October 2026 · Time zone data 2026e · Sources

Time in Brisbane, Australia at a glance

Time zone: Australian Eastern Time (AEST)
Standard time: AEST, UTC+10
Daylight saving time: Not observed
Used in: Australia

Time zone names for developers

IANA time zone identifier: Australia/Brisbane

Places on Queensland time

Queensland keeps this clock in every season, and no other state does. In Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and Logan City it reads the same. Most of New South Wales, with Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT, shares it in winter only.

Place	Where	Clock changes
Queensland	The whole of it

How many hours ahead or behind Brisbane

On 25 October 2026, Sydney is 1 hour ahead of Brisbane.

City	Difference from Brisbane
Sydney	1 hour ahead
Perth	2 hours behind
Auckland	3 hours ahead
Tokyo	1 hour behind
Singapore	2 hours behind
Kolkata	4 hours 30 minutes behind
London	9 hours behind
New York	14 hours behind
Your time zone	Detected after this page loads

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How Queensland sets its clock

One state law, one time: AESTthroughout Queensland, under the Standard Time Act; Queensland sets its clock by its own Standard Time Act. The Act fixes the state's standard time at AEST, UTC+10. It declares that time to be standard time throughout Queensland. The Act took effect more than a century ago. Before it, the tz database shows Brisbane on its own local mean time.; Sources Queensland Legislation, Standard Time Act 1894, IANA time zone database, Australasia zones file
Daylight saving laws, and a repeal bill: Failedthe state referendum on daylight saving, in Parliament's own record; Queensland has made daylight saving laws of its own in the past. One Act put the clocks forward from late October to late February, for a single summer. A later Act brought daylight saving back for one more summer, from late October to early March. The Parliamentary Library notes that three years of daylight saving came before the referendum. Parliament's record lists that referendum as failed. A repeal bill removed the daylight saving legislation. The tz database's own Queensland rules cover those summers.; Sources Queensland Parliamentary Library, Daylight Saving in Queensland research brief, Electoral Commission Queensland, daylight saving referendum declared results, Queensland Parliament, Queensland Parliamentary Record, State-sponsored referendums, IANA time zone database, Australasia zones file
The south-east asks, the government answers: 4395-26the e-petition the Attorney-General answered; South East Queensland has its own place in the debate. An earlier private member's bill sought a referendum on split-zone daylight saving for the south-east. The government of the day said it would vote against it. Later, e-petition 4395-26 asked Parliament for a new referendum on daylight saving in Queensland. As an alternative, it proposed a trial of a dual time zone, with daylight saving in the south-east only. The Attorney-General's tabled response says time-zone reform "is not currently under consideration by the Government". The petition was a request and the response states current policy. Neither changes the law.; Sources Queensland Government, Ministerial statement on a split time zone referendum bill, Queensland Parliament, e-Petition 4395-26, Let South East Queensland vote on daylight saving, Queensland Parliament, Attorney-General's response to e-Petition 4395-26

Questions about Brisbane time

What time is it in Brisbane now?

Brisbane time now is the reading on this page's flip clock, which ticks every second. Brisbane keeps AEST, UTC+10 in every month, because Queensland does not change its clocks. The Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and Logan City show exactly the same time as Brisbane.

Does Queensland have daylight saving?

No. Queensland keeps AEST, UTC+10 in summer and winter, so its clocks do not go forward for summer. The state ran daylight saving in some past summers and held a referendum on it. A repeal bill removed that law. The government says time-zone reform is not currently under consideration.

What is the time difference between Brisbane and India?

Brisbane is 4 hours 30 minutes ahead of India all year. India has no summer time either, so nothing shifts that figure. The same goes for two Asian business hubs. Brisbane is 1 hour ahead of Tokyo and 2 hours ahead of Singapore through the year.

Is all of Queensland on Brisbane time?

Yes. The Standard Time Act declares one standard time throughout Queensland. The tz database does list the Whitsunday Islands under a separate entry, Australia/Lindeman. That entry shows the same time as Brisbane in every season, with no clock changes.

Sources

We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 20 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.