Australia/Broken_Hill time zone

Australia/Broken_Hill is an IANA time zone used in Australia. It is on daylight saving time now, UTC+10:30 (ACDT), until Sunday, April 4, 2027.

Australia/Broken_Hill at a glance

Rules of the Australia/Broken_Hill time zone

Standard time in Australia/Broken_Hill is UTC+9:30 (ACST). During daylight saving time the zone moves 1 hour to UTC+10:30 (ACDT). The table lists the recent and upcoming changes as recorded in tz database version 2026e.

Recent and upcoming changes in Australia/Broken_Hill

Where Australia/Broken_Hill is used

Australia/Broken_Hill is used in Australia. None of the cities in our list follow it.

Australia/Broken_Hill 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+10:30 right now

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

• Australia/Adelaide

Using Australia/Broken_Hill in software

Use the zone name Australia/Broken_Hill 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/Broken_Hill:

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

Plan around the time in Australia/Broken_Hill

• Convert a time to or from Australia/Broken_Hill: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
• Add Australia/Broken_Hill to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
• Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Australia/Broken_Hill 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.