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1:00 am01:00 NZDT (UTC+13), Oct 18, 2026 = 12:00 am00:00 M (UTC+12), Oct 18, 2026

NZDT is 1 hour ahead of M.

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 6:00 pm in NZST correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in M or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NZDT correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in M.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NZST correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in M or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NZDT correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 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 Daylight Time is 1 hour ahead of Mike Time Zone.
1:00 am01:00 in NZDT is 12:00 am00:00 in M

NZDT to M call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in NZDT which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in M

1:00 am01:00 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT). Offset UTC +13:00 hours
12:00 am00:00 Mike Time Zone (M). Offset UTC +12:00 hours

1:00 am01:00 NZDT / 12:00 am00:00 M

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New Zealand Daylight Time

Offset: NZDT is 13 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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.

Map of the areas on New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT)
NZDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on NZDT.

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).

123456789101112Start: 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.

123456789101112End: 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 New Zealand daylight saving time and 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

Mike Time Zone

Offset: M is 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Russia, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Wallis and Futuna

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

Daylight Saving: Some places on Mike Time Zone (M) keep the same time all year, while others use M for only part of the year and change their clocks for daylight saving time; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

Map of the areas on Mike Time Zone (M)
M all year M part of the year

Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC+13 (NZDT).

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
  • PETT - Kamchatka Time
  • PETST - Kamchatka Summer Time
  • TVT - Tuvalu Time
  • WFT - Wallis and Futuna Time