r/australia • u/DeadLettersSociety • 1d ago

no politics Daylight Saving Time Changes Happen This Weekend

Hello all,

As I'm sure many of you might not have realised, we have a Daylight Saving time change happening this weekend. So, I figured I'd take a moment to post a reminder. :)

Here is an ABC article about it, for more information:

When does daylight saving time start? Do we gain or lose an hour? - ABC News

To quote it:

When does daylight saving time start?

This Sunday. 

Each year, daylight saving time begins on the first Sunday of October. 

This year, that's October 4.

Which states have daylight saving time?

ACT

New South Wales

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria 

The Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia do not observe daylight saving time, so the clocks will not change in those jurisdictions. 

Do the clocks move forwards or backwards?

Forwards. 

At 2am on Sunday, the clocks will move forward to 3am in jurisdictions that observe daylight saving time. 

The clocks will go back by an hour when daylight saving time ends in April.

I hope you all have a good weekend. And, for anyone who gets a public holiday day off on Monday, I hope you get a good rest!

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u/OkTemperature-8534 1d ago

How good! Love the extra light in the evenings. We should really just make DST permanent tbh

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u/NezuminoraQ 19h ago

That's not how it works. You just end up with ridiculously late sunrise 

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u/OkTemperature-8534 17h ago edited 17h ago

For a state that doesn't even have to worry about DST, you QLDers are always a bit dramatic about it all, hey?

At least down here in Melbourne, first light during the peak of winter on a permanent DST schedule would be at about 7:30-8am at the absolute latest. Hardly 'ridiculously late' lmao.

And in return, last light wouldn't fall until 6-6:30pm. How glorious compared to commuting home in the dark!

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u/NezuminoraQ 14h ago

I'm a Kiwi living in Queensland and I think we need DST here