NZST
New Zealand Standard Time
GMT +12
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
BDT
Bangladesh Time
GMT +6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

NZST is 6 hours ahead of BDT. NZST uses GMT +12, and BDT uses GMT +6 for this comparison.

For example, 5:30 pm NZST is 11:30 am BDT. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 3pm-5pm NZST, which is 9am-11am BDT.

Compare NZST time with BDT 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 6 hours ahead of Bangladesh Time
5:30 pm17:30 in NZST is 11:30 am11:30 in BDT

NZST to BDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-5pm in NZST which corresponds to 9am-11am in BDT

5:30 pm17:30 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours
11:30 am11:30 Bangladesh Time (BDT). Offset UTC +6:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 NZST / 11:30 am11:30 BDT

NZSTBDT
12am (midnight)6pm
1am7pm
2am8pm
3am9pm
4am10pm
5am11pm
6am12am (midnight)
7am1am
8am2am
9am3am
10am4am
11am5am
12pm (noon)6am
1pm7am
2pm8am
3pm9am
4pm10am
5pm11am
6pm12pm (noon)
7pm1pm
8pm2pm
9pm3pm
10pm4pm
11pm5pm
00:0018:00
01:0019:00
02:0020:00
03:0021:00
04:0022:00
05:0023:00
06:0000:00
07:0001:00
08:0002:00
09:0003:00
10:0004:00
11:0005:00
12:0006:00
13:0007:00
14:0008:00
15:0009:00
16:0010:00
17:0011:00
18:0012:00
19:0013:00
20:0014:00
21:0015:00
22:0016:00
23:0017:00

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 1.535 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga.

NZST Time Zone Geo Map
NZST timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) started 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) ends 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of September.

NZST 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 NZST
  • M - short form of 'Mike'
IANA/Olson: Reflects NZST 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 +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

Bangladesh Time

Offset: BDT is 6 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

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

BDT Time Zone Geo Map
BDT timezone map

BDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +06 - basic short
  • +0600 - basic
  • +06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0600 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Foxtrot - Military abbreviation for BDT
  • F - short form of 'Foxtrot'
Time zones with the GMT +6 offset:
  • ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
  • BST - Bangladesh Standard Time
  • BDT - Bangladesh Time
  • BTT - Bhutan Time
  • F - Foxtrot Time Zone
  • IOT - Indian Chagos Time
  • KGT - Kyrgyzstan Time
  • OMST - Omsk Standard Time
  • QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
  • XJT - Xinjiang Time
  • YEKST - Yekaterinburg Summer Time