Do I need to change my phone and computer manually?

No. Any device that syncs its time over the internet updates itself. Car clocks, ovens, microwaves and older wall clocks usually need doing by hand.

Time Change Western Australia, Australia 2026

Q: Do the clocks change in Western Australia, Australia in 2026?

No. Western Australia, Australia does not observe Daylight Saving Time, so the clocks do not change at any point in 2026.

Q: Which way do the clocks go?

The usual mnemonic is "spring forward, fall back": clocks go forward one hour in spring and back one hour in autumn.

2026 time change dates for Western Australia, Australia

Western Australia, Australia does not observe Daylight Saving Time

Western Australia has voted against Daylight Saving Time four times, most recently in 2009, and stays on Australian Western Standard Time all year.

Western Australia, Australia stays on AWST for the whole year.

Countdown to the next change

Background

Benjamin Franklin is often credited with inventing DST, but his 1784 essay was satire — he joked that Parisians could save candles by waking earlier. The modern proposal came from New Zealander George Hudson in 1895 and Briton William Willett in 1907.
The energy case for DST is weak by modern standards. A US Department of Energy study in 2008 found savings of about 0.5% of daily electricity use, and other studies have found no saving at all.
Germany and Austria-Hungary were the first countries to adopt DST nationally, in April 1916, as a wartime fuel-saving measure.

Tips for Western Australia, Australia

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Gradually adjust your sleep schedule a few days before the time change to minimize disruption.

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Be extra cautious driving the Monday after the spring time change - accident rates increase.

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Check and replace smoke detector batteries when changing clocks - it's a good reminder!

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Update your car clock, microwave, and other manual clocks that don't auto-update.

Frequently asked questions

When do the clocks change in Western Australia, Australia in 2026?

They do not. Western Australia, Australia does not observe Daylight Saving Time.

Which way do the clocks go?

"Spring forward, fall back" is the usual mnemonic: forward one hour in spring, back one hour in autumn.

Do I have to change anything myself?

Phones, computers and anything that syncs over the internet update on their own. Car clocks, ovens, microwaves and older wall clocks generally do not.

Is Daylight Saving Time being scrapped?

It has been proposed in many places and adopted in few. The European Parliament voted in 2019 to end mandatory clock changes and the change has stalled; in the United States the Sunshine Protection Act has repeatedly passed the Senate without becoming law. Most of the world that changes its clocks is still changing them.