Tasmania is on Australian Eastern Time (AET), the same time zone as the rest of eastern Australia. That makes Tasmania ten hours ahead of Universal Time (UT) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and fifteen hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST) in the United States. You can use the following table to help you convert, or try the time zone converter.

Tasmania (AET)    00  01  02  03  04  05  06  07  08  09  10  11
London (GMT)      14* 15* 16* 17* 18* 19* 20* 21* 22* 23* 00  01
New York (EST)    09* 10* 11* 12* 13* 14* 15* 16* 17* 18* 19* 20*

Tasmania (AET)    12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23
London (GMT)      02  03  04  05  06  07  08  09  10  11  12  13
New York (EST)    21* 22* 23* 00  01  02  03  04  05  06  07  08

(* indicates on the previous day, 00=midnight, 12=noon etc.)

Daylight savings begins on the first Sunday of October (clocks are turned forward one hour) and ends on the last Sunday in March (clocks are turned back one hour). During this period, the time zone is often called Australian Eastern Summer Time (AEST). If you are using the above chart in the months of October through March, add one hour to the Tasmanian time listed. Remember to account for daylight savings where you are too.

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Last reviewed 2006-08-05 17:39:54