From
Australian Eastern Time
Sydney
Time Zone Converter
AEST to AWST Time Zone Converter
Convert AEST to AWST with a live clock, current time difference, UTC offsets, and work-hour overlap. AWST is 2 hours behind AEST.
To
Australian Western Time
Perth
When it is 7:30 AM in Australian Eastern Time, it is 5:30 AM in Australian Western Time.
AEST to AWST at a glance
Australian Western Time is 2 hours behind Australian Eastern Time. If someone gives you a time in Australian Eastern Time, move the clock by 2 hours to read it in Australian Western Time. A 9:00 AM start in Sydney becomes 7:00 AM in Perth.
What Australian Eastern Time covers
Australian Eastern Time covers Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra. It is the busiest business clock in Australia. It is useful for APAC support, education, and scheduling with teams in eastern Australia.
What Australian Western Time covers
Australian Western Time is the local time in Perth and Western Australia. It stays fixed without daylight saving changes. It is useful for mining, operations, and APAC teams that work across Western Australia and Southeast Asia.
Quick answers
What is the time difference between AEST and AWST?
Australian Western Time is 2 hours behind Australian Eastern Time.
What happens to a 3:00 PM meeting in AEST?
It lands at 1:00 PM in AWST.
Does daylight saving time matter for AEST to AWST?
Australian Eastern Time and Australian Western Time are shown using the offsets that are active right now, so the result already reflects any daylight saving change in effect today.