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NZST/NZDT
New Zealand Standard Time
GMT +12
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NZDT is not used on September 18, 2026

This converter uses NZST for New Zealand.

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Mike Time Zone
GMT +12
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NZDT and M examples

These examples always use NZDT (UTC+13) and M (UTC+12). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

NZDT is 1 hour ahead of M.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, NZST and M have the same time or NZDT is 1 hour ahead of M.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in NZST correspond to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in M or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in NZDT correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in M.

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

Time Difference

New Zealand Standard Time is 0 hours ahead of Mike Time Zone
11:00 pm23:00 in NZST is 11:00 pm23:00 in M

NZST to M call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm in NZST which corresponds to 9am-5pm in M

11:00 pm23:00 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 Mike Time Zone (M). Offset UTC +12:00 hours

11:00 pm23:00 NZST / 11:00 pm23:00 M

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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, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe New Zealand Standard Time (NZST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 3am to 4amEnd: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) ended on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of April

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) starts on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, September 27, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of September

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

Mike Time Zone

Offset: M is 12 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Military

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Mike Time Zone (M) do not change for daylight saving time, so M stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

M representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +12 - basic short
  • +1200 - basic
  • +12:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Mike - Military abbreviation for M
  • M - short form of 'Mike'
Time zones with the GMT +12 offset:
  • 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