CHAST to UTC Converter
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CHAST and UTC examples
These examples always use CHAST (UTC+12:45) and UTC (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
CHAST is 12 hours and 45 minutes ahead of UTC.
How the time difference changes
Depending on seasonal clock changes, CHAST is 12 hours and 45 minutes ahead of UTC or CHADT is 13 hours and 45 minutes ahead of UTC.
Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CHAST correspond to 8:15 pm (previous day) to 4:15 am in UTC or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CHADT correspond to 7:15 pm (previous day) to 3:15 am in UTC.
Compare CHAST time with UTC time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Chatham Island Standard Time is 12 hours and 45 minutes ahead of Universal Time Coordinated
8:00 am08:00 in CHAST is 7:15 pm19:15 in UTC
CHAST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am in CHAST which corresponds to 6:15pm-7:15pm in UTC (previous day)
8:00 am08:00 Chatham Island Standard Time (CHAST). Offset UTC +12:45 hours
7:15 pm19:15 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 CHAST / 7:15 pm19:15 UTC
| CHAST | UTC |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 11:15 am |
| 1am | 12:15 pm |
| 2am | 1:15 pm |
| 3am | 2:15 pm |
| 4am | 3:15 pm |
| 5am | 4:15 pm |
| 6am | 5:15 pm |
| 7am | 6:15 pm |
| 8am | 7:15 pm |
| 9am | 8:15 pm |
| 10am | 9:15 pm |
| 11am | 10:15 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 11:15 pm |
| 1pm | 12:15 am |
| 2pm | 1:15 am |
| 3pm | 2:15 am |
| 4pm | 3:15 am |
| 5pm | 4:15 am |
| 6pm | 5:15 am |
| 7pm | 6:15 am |
| 8pm | 7:15 am |
| 9pm | 8:15 am |
| 10pm | 9:15 am |
| 11pm | 10:15 am |
| 00:00 | 11:15 |
| 01:00 | 12:15 |
| 02:00 | 13:15 |
| 03:00 | 14:15 |
| 04:00 | 15:15 |
| 05:00 | 16:15 |
| 06:00 | 17:15 |
| 07:00 | 18:15 |
| 08:00 | 19:15 |
| 09:00 | 20:15 |
| 10:00 | 21:15 |
| 11:00 | 22:15 |
| 12:00 | 23:15 |
| 13:00 | 00:15 |
| 14:00 | 01:15 |
| 15:00 | 02:15 |
| 16:00 | 03:15 |
| 17:00 | 04:15 |
| 18:00 | 05:15 |
| 19:00 | 06:15 |
| 20:00 | 07:15 |
| 21:00 | 08:15 |
| 22:00 | 09:15 |
| 23:00 | 10:15 |
Chatham Island Standard Time
Offset: CHAST is 12 hours and 45 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific
Countries using this time zone: New Zealand

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Chatham Island Daylight Time (CHADT).
Start: Chatham Island Standard Time (CHAST) started on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:45 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:45 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.
End: Chatham Island Standard Time (CHAST) ends on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 2:45 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, September 27, 2026, 3:45 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of September.
CHAST representations, usage and related time zones
- +1245 - basic
- +12:45 - extended
- +1245 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (12) and minutes (45) of the offset. Indicates an offset of twelve hours and forty-five minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
Universal Time Coordinated
Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.
UTC representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
