JST to NZST Converter
New Zealand is on daylight saving time: NZDT (UTC+13) until Sun, Apr 4, 2027.
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 NZST examples
These examples always use JST (UTC+9) and NZST (UTC+12). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
JST is 3 hours behind NZST.
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 NZST 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
| JST | NZDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 4:00am |
| 1:00am | 5:00am |
| 2:00am | 6:00am |
| 3:00am | 7:00am |
| 4:00am | 8:00am |
| 5:00am | 9:00am |
| 6:00am | 10:00am |
| 7:00am | 11:00am |
| 8:00am | 12:00pm |
| 9:00am | 1:00pm |
| 10:00am | 2:00pm |
| 11:00am | 3:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 4:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 8:00pm | 12:00am |
| 9:00pm | 1:00am |
| 10:00pm | 2:00am |
| 11:00pm | 3:00am |
| 00:00 | 04:00 |
| 01:00 | 05:00 |
| 02:00 | 06:00 |
| 03:00 | 07:00 |
| 04:00 | 08:00 |
| 05:00 | 09:00 |
| 06:00 | 10:00 |
| 07:00 | 11:00 |
| 08:00 | 12:00 |
| 09:00 | 13:00 |
| 10:00 | 14:00 |
| 11:00 | 15:00 |
| 12:00 | 16:00 |
| 13:00 | 17:00 |
| 14:00 | 18:00 |
| 15:00 | 19:00 |
| 16:00 | 20:00 |
| 17:00 | 21:00 |
| 18:00 | 22:00 |
| 19:00 | 23:00 |
| 20:00 | 00:00 |
| 21:00 | 01:00 |
| 22:00 | 02:00 |
| 23:00 | 03:00 |
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 representations, usage and related time zones
- +09 - basic short
- +0900 - basic
- +09:00 - extended
- +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.
- India - Military abbreviation for JST
- I - short form of 'India'
- Asia/Tokyo
- Japan
- 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 Standard Time
Offset: NZST is 12 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 NZST 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.
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT).
End: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of September.
Start: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.
NZST representations, usage and related time zones
- +12 - basic short
- +1200 - basic
- +12:00 - extended
- +1200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (12) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of twelve hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Mike - Military abbreviation for NZST
- M - short form of 'Mike'
- Antarctica/McMurdo
- Antarctica/South_Pole
- NZ
- Pacific/Auckland
- ANAST - Anadyr Summer Time
- ANAT - Anadyr Time
- FJT - Fiji Time
- GILT - Gilbert Island Time
- M - Mike Time Zone
- MAGST - Magadan Summer Time
- MHT - Marshall Islands Time
- NRT - Nauru Time
- NZST - New Zealand Standard Time
- PETST - Kamchatka Summer Time
- TVT - Tuvalu Time
- WFT - Wallis and Futuna Time