Daylight Savings 2024 Australia. Each year, daylight saving time begins on the first sunday of october. Daylight saving time is the practice of advancing clocks by one hour to maximise the longer daylight during the summer months, meaning that the sun sets at a later clock time.

On sunday april 7, 2024, south australia, australia turns the clocks back an hour, at 3:00 it will be 2:00. Local time is advanced one hour when daylight saving commences and put back one hour when it ceases.