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. 22 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.
A public holiday landing on a Thursday sits one day short of the weekend, and workers commonly take the Friday after it as annual leave to turn a single day off into a four-day break. Thursday 22 October 2026 falls on this day of the week, one working day ahead of Friday and two ahead of the weekend that follows it.
Contracts and legal deadlines that specify calendar days count every day from 22 October 2026 including weekends and public holidays, while deadlines specified in working or business days count only the days this page includes in its working-day total. The difference between the two conventions can shift a deadline by several days once weekends and holidays are counted.