See the live UTC time next to the current time in Darwin, check today's real offset, and roll through any UTC time to find the matching ACST time — including when the two zones fall on different dates.
Northern Territory Time
Coordinated Universal Time
US Eastern Time
THE CLOCKS ABOVE ALWAYS SHOW THE LIVE CURRENT TIME. THE ROLLER BELOW IS A LOOKUP TOOL — ROTATING IT NEVER CHANGES THEM.
UTC reference date: Sat, 03 Oct 2026. The roller wraps within this date.
Offsets below apply to the selected time.
Sun, 04 Oct 2026
Sat, 03 Oct 2026
Sat, 03 Oct 2026
ACST is 9 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC
ET is 4 hours behind UTC
Australia (Darwin) is 13 hours 30 minutes ahead of United States (Eastern)
This hourly table is for today in UTC. Use the converter above to choose a different date or an exact minute.
| UTC | ACST | Local date |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 09:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 01:00 | 10:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 02:00 | 11:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 03:00 | 12:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 04:00 | 13:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 05:00 | 14:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 06:00 | 15:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 07:00 | 16:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 08:00 | 17:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 09:00 | 18:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 10:00 | 19:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 11:00 | 20:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 12:00 | 21:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 13:00 | 22:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 14:00 | 23:30 | Sat, 03 Oct 2026Same day |
| 15:00 | 00:30 | Sun, 04 Oct 2026Next day in Darwin |
| 16:00 | 01:30 | Sun, 04 Oct 2026Next day in Darwin |
| 17:00 | 02:30 | Sun, 04 Oct 2026Next day in Darwin |
| 18:00 | 03:30 | Sun, 04 Oct 2026Next day in Darwin |
| 19:00 | 04:30 | Sun, 04 Oct 2026Next day in Darwin |
| 20:00 | 05:30 | Sun, 04 Oct 2026Next day in Darwin |
| 21:00 | 06:30 | Sun, 04 Oct 2026Next day in Darwin |
| 22:00 | 07:30 | Sun, 04 Oct 2026Next day in Darwin |
| 23:00 | 08:30 | Sun, 04 Oct 2026Next day in Darwin |
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world's time standard: it never shifts for seasons and every other zone is described as an offset from it. Northern Territory Time (ACST) is the clock used in Darwin. Converting UTC to ACST means adding that offset to the UTC reading.
The Northern Territory keeps its half-hour offset throughout the year, unlike Adelaide. Select the city rather than assuming all of Australia shares one clock.
Take the UTC time, apply the ACST offset at that specific date and time, and roll the date forward or back if the result crosses midnight. The interactive roller does all three steps for you: UTC is in the middle, ACST is on the left and the second selected location is on the right, and a day badge appears whenever the local date differs.
ACST has no daylight saving changes, so the offset to UTC is stable all year. It is still calculated live from the Australia/Darwin IANA database rather than hard-coded.
The reference table below the tool lists every UTC hour against the matching ACST time for today, so you can copy a conversion without touching the roller.
Darwin stays at UTC +09:30 and does not observe daylight saving time.