Daylight saving returns on the first Sunday of October in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT, putting the clocks forward an hour. 12 October 2026 falls in this month of change, while Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory keep the same clock they run all year, unaffected by the switch.
The week containing Monday 12 October 2026 is counted from this date under the standard week-numbering convention used on this page, with weeks running Monday to Sunday rather than Sunday to Saturday. This convention affects rostering, payroll cycles and any planning done in weekly blocks across Australian workplaces that pay staff or schedule shifts on a weekly basis.
The hours and minutes shown in the countdown to 12 October 2026 are calculated against the clock and time zone set on the device displaying this page, and the countdown reaches zero at midnight local to that device. Two people in different time zones will see slightly different figures at the exact same moment, each reflecting their own local midnight.
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