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JST
Japan Standard Time
GMT +9
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
NZDT
New Zealand Daylight Time
GMT +13
tomorrow
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

9:00 pm21:00 JST (UTC+9), Oct 5, 2026 = 1:00 am01:00 NZDT (UTC+13), Oct 6, 2026

JST is 4 hours behind NZDT.

JST and NZDT examples

These examples always use JST (UTC+9) and NZDT (UTC+13). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

JST is 4 hours behind NZDT.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, JST is 3 hours behind NZST or JST is 4 hours behind NZDT.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in JST correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in NZST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in JST correspond to 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm in NZDT.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in JST correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in NZST or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in JST correspond to 13:00 to 21:00 in NZDT.

Compare JST time with NZDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Japan Standard Time is 4 hours behind New Zealand Daylight Time.
9:00 pm21:00 in JST is 1:00 am01:00 in NZDT

JST to NZDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in JST which corresponds to 1pm-5pm13:00-17:00 in NZDT

9:00 pm21:00 Japan Standard Time (JST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT). Offset UTC +13:00 hours

9:00 pm21:00 JST / 1:00 am01:00 NZDT

JSTNZDT
12:00am4:00am
1:00am5:00am
2:00am6:00am
3:00am7:00am
4:00am8:00am
5:00am9:00am
6:00am10:00am
7:00am11:00am
8:00am12:00pm
9:00am1:00pm
10:00am2:00pm
11:00am3:00pm
12:00pm4:00pm
1:00pm5:00pm
2:00pm6:00pm
3:00pm7:00pm
4:00pm8:00pm
5:00pm9:00pm
6:00pm10:00pm
7:00pm11:00pm
8:00pm12:00am
9:00pm1:00am
10:00pm2:00am
11:00pm3:00am
00:0004:00
01:0005:00
02:0006:00
03:0007:00
04:0008:00
05:0009:00
06:0010:00
07:0011:00
08:0012:00
09:0013:00
10:0014:00
11:0015:00
12:0016:00
13:0017:00
14:0018:00
15:0019:00
16:0020:00
17:0021:00
18:0022:00
19:0023:00
20:0000:00
21:0001:00
22:0002:00
23:0003:00

Japan Standard Time

Offset: JST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Japan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the JST time zone is Tokyo in Japan, with about 9.733 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Yokohama, Osaka shi, Nagoya shi, Sapporo.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Japan Standard Time (JST) do not change for daylight saving time, so JST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

JST Time Zone Geo Map
JST timezone map

JST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • India - Military abbreviation for JST
  • I - short form of 'India'
IANA/Olson: Reflects JST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Tokyo
  • Japan
Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:
  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time

New Zealand Daylight Time

Offset: NZDT is 13 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, New Zealand

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NZDT time zone is Auckland in New Zealand, with about 1.547 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga.

NZDT Time Zone Geo Map
NZDT timezone map

Daylight Saving: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe New Zealand Standard Time (NZST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) started on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, September 27, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of September.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) ends on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 2:00 am02:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of April.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

NZDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +13 - basic short
  • +1300 - basic
  • +13:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (13) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of thirteen hours to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects NZDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Antarctica/McMurdo
  • Antarctica/South_Pole
  • NZ
  • Pacific/Auckland
Time zones with the GMT +13 offset:
  • FJST - Fiji Summer Time
  • NZDT - New Zealand Daylight Time
  • PHOT - Phoenix Island Time
  • TKT - Tokelau Time
  • TOT - Tonga Time
  • WST - West Samoa Time
  • WSST - West Samoa Standard Time