what is wst
Currently has same time zone offset as AWST (UTC +8) but different time zone name. Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) is 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. This time zone is in use during standard time in: Australia. This time zone is often called Western Standard Time. See full time zone map. An email sent from someone in the Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) time zone will have the time zone listed as +0800 in the headers of the email.