Millions of Aussies to lose an hour’s sleep this weekend as daylight saving begins

Millions of Aussies will lose an hour’s sleep this weekend as daylight saving begins. Here’s everything you need to know about how it affects you.

Australia is about to move into five different time zones as daylight saving begins in most states and territories across the nation.

Clocks in NSW, Victoria, the ACT, South Australia and Tasmania will spring forward an hour as people lose 60 minutes on Sunday morning.

At 2am on Sunday, clocks will be turned forward one hour to 3am, making sunrise and sunset one hour later than the day before.

People in those areas will have more sunlight in the evening and less sunlight in the morning during daylight saving.

Nothing changes for Australians living in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, except there will be an additional hour’s difference between states and territories taking part in daylight saving.

Here’s what you need to know:

Sunrise at Bondi Beach. Picture: NewsWire / Flavio Brancaleone

NSW, VIC, TAS, ACT, SA, NORFOLK ISLAND

These states and territories take part in daylight saving from October 6 until April 7, 2025.

This mean clocks will leap forward from 1.59am to 3am, missing the 2am hour on Sunday morning.

Devices connected to the internet, such as computers and phones, should change automatically, but appliances such as ovens, microwaves and traditional clocks will need to be changed manually.

Sunrise over the Point Lonsdale pier. Picture: Vineesh Ramakrishna

QLD, NT, WA, CHRISTMAS AND COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

Queensland, the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Christmas Island and the Cocos (or Keeling) Islands do not have daylight saving, so residents in those regions don’t need to do anything on October 6.

Queensland will remain on Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) and be one hour behind Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) states.

The NT will stay on Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) and be one-and-a-half hours behind the AEDT states.

People living in WA will become three hours behind Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart.

Originally published as Millions of Aussies to lose an hour’s sleep this weekend as daylight saving begins