Current time in the Australia/Brisbane time zone

Australia/Brisbane is an IANA time zone used in Australia. It stays on UTC+10 all year.

Australia/Brisbane at a glance

Rules of the Australia/Brisbane time zone

Australia/Brisbane has stayed on UTC+10 since its last daylight saving period in 1992. Software that still applies an old rule will show the wrong time, so keep tz data up to date.

Recent and upcoming changes in Australia/Brisbane

Where Australia/Brisbane is used

Australia/Brisbane is used in Australia. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.

• Brisbane
• Gold Coast

Australia/Brisbane compared with other time zones

Differences change during the year when one side moves to or from daylight saving time, so the table shows January and July separately.

Other zones on UTC+10 right now

These IANA zones show the same time as Australia/Brisbane today. Their clock-change rules may differ.

• Asia/Vladivostok
• Pacific/Guam
• Pacific/Port_Moresby
• Pacific/Saipan
• Australia/Lindeman
• Asia/Ust-Nera

Using Australia/Brisbane in software

Use the zone name Australia/Brisbane rather than an abbreviation or a fixed offset. Abbreviations can mean several zones, and offsets ignore future clock changes.

Show the current time in Australia/Brisbane:

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Australia/Brisbane', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Australia/Brisbane'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Australia/Brisbane')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Australia/Brisbane date

Plan around the time in Australia/Brisbane

• Convert a time to or from Australia/Brisbane: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
• Add Brisbane to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
• Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Australia/Brisbane and the other cities you work with.
• Open a full-screen clock for your own time zone.

Frequently asked questions

Time zone rules: IANA tz database, version 2026e. Place names and coordinates: GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the coordinates and can differ by a minute or two from local almanacs.