Meanings
- The time zone that encompasses South Australia and Broken Hill in New South Wales from the first Sunday of April to the first Sunday of November and the Northern Territory year-round; it is nine hours and thirty minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+09:30).
Coordinate term: Australian Central Daylight Time
Synonyms: ACST
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe time zone that encompasses South Australia and Broken Hill in New South Wales from the first Sunday of April to the first Sunday of November and the Northern Territory year-round; it is nine hours and thirty minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+09:30).
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Australian Central Standard Time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Australian%20Central%20Standard%20Time
“Australian Central Standard Time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Australian%20Central%20Standard%20Time. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Australian Central Standard Time,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Australian%20Central%20Standard%20Time.
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