NZST time now (New Zealand Standard Time)

1:40AM

NZST · UTC+12

UTC+12+17 h vs New York (you)Auckland now: NZDT, UTC+13

Auckland is on NZDT (UTC+13) now.

What NZST means

NZST stands for New Zealand Standard Time, UTC+12. It is used in New Zealand.

It is a standard (winter) time. Places on NZST that observe daylight saving time switch to NZDT (UTC+13) in summer, so NZST is a fixed offset while the local clock is not.

Where and when NZST is used

1 zone uses it for part of the year only, switching to daylight saving time in the other months. Computed from tzdata under the current rules.

Main cityTime zoneCountriesWhen
AucklandPacific/AucklandNew Zealand, AntarcticaApril to September

How long NZST has been used

In the tzdata record, Auckland has used NZST since 1927. No zone has given up NZST for good.

NZST converted to other zones

Every column is a fixed offset, so this table is valid on any date. Remember that the regions behind some columns switch to summer time (EST to EDT, CET to CEST, GMT to BST); the clock in those cities is then an hour later than the column.

NZST (UTC+12)UTC (UTC+0)EST (UTC−5)PST (UTC−8)CET (UTC+1)IST (UTC+5:30)JST (UTC+9)AEST (UTC+10)
12:00 AM12:00 PM (−1 day)7:00 AM (−1 day)4:00 AM (−1 day)1:00 PM (−1 day)5:30 PM (−1 day)9:00 PM (−1 day)10:00 PM (−1 day)
6:00 AM6:00 PM (−1 day)1:00 PM (−1 day)10:00 AM (−1 day)7:00 PM (−1 day)11:30 PM (−1 day)3:00 AM4:00 AM
9:00 AM9:00 PM (−1 day)4:00 PM (−1 day)1:00 PM (−1 day)10:00 PM (−1 day)2:30 AM6:00 AM7:00 AM
12:00 PM12:00 AM7:00 PM (−1 day)4:00 PM (−1 day)1:00 AM5:30 AM9:00 AM10:00 AM
3:00 PM3:00 AM10:00 PM (−1 day)7:00 PM (−1 day)4:00 AM8:30 AM12:00 PM1:00 PM
6:00 PM6:00 AM1:00 AM10:00 PM (−1 day)7:00 AM11:30 AM3:00 PM4:00 PM
9:00 PM9:00 AM4:00 AM1:00 AM10:00 AM2:30 PM6:00 PM7:00 PM

Questions

What is NZST in UTC?
NZST is UTC+12: 12 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
What does NZST stand for?
New Zealand Standard Time.
Is it NZST or NZDT now?
Auckland uses NZST from the first Sunday of April at 3:00 AM to the last Sunday of September at 2:00 AM, and NZDT for the rest of the year. The banner at the top of this page shows which one is in use right now.

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