Australia/North

Time zone identifier: Australia/North

Current civil offset: +09:30 (ACST)

Current DST state: Observing Standard Time

First standard time adoption: Adopted on 1895-01-31

Local Mean Time (LMT): +08:43:20 based on geographic meridian

Total recorded transitions: 10 transitions across 4 distinct offsets

Historical Offset Step Chart (1880 to Present)

Text summary: Australia/North shifted between 4 distinct offsets from 1895-01-31 through the modern era.

UTC Instant	Local Wall Time	Shift	Abbreviation	DST	Effect
`1895-01-31T15:16:40Z`	`1895-02-01 00:16:40`	+08:43:20 → +09:00	`ACST`	No	gap
`1899-04-30T15:00:00Z`	`1899-05-01 00:30:00`	+09:00 → +09:30	`ACST`	No	gap
`1916-12-31T16:30:00Z`	`1917-01-01 03:00:00`	+09:30 → +10:30	`ACDT`	Yes	gap
`1917-03-24T16:30:00Z`	`1917-03-25 02:00:00`	+10:30 → +09:30	`ACST`	No	overlap
`1941-12-31T16:30:00Z`	`1942-01-01 03:00:00`	+09:30 → +10:30	`ACDT`	Yes	gap
`1942-03-28T16:30:00Z`	`1942-03-29 02:00:00`	+10:30 → +09:30	`ACST`	No	overlap
`1942-09-26T16:30:00Z`	`1942-09-27 03:00:00`	+09:30 → +10:30	`ACDT`	Yes	gap
`1943-03-27T16:30:00Z`	`1943-03-28 02:00:00`	+10:30 → +09:30	`ACST`	No	overlap
`1943-10-02T16:30:00Z`	`1943-10-03 03:00:00`	+09:30 → +10:30	`ACDT`	Yes	gap
`1944-03-25T16:30:00Z`	`1944-03-26 02:00:00`	+10:30 → +09:30	`ACST`	No	overlap

tzdb guarantees accuracy for timestamps from 1970 onwards. Transitions prior to 1970 represent best-effort historical reconstructions.