NZST
New Zealand Standard Time
GMT +12
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Brazil
BRT
yesterday
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare NZST time with Rio de Janeiro 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 15 hours ahead of BRT (Brasilia Time)
5:00 am05:00 in NZST is 2:00 pm14:00 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

NZST to Rio de Janeiro call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am in NZST which corresponds to 5pm-6pm in Rio de Janeiro (previous day)

5:00 am05:00 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 BRT (Brasilia Time) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Offset UTC -3:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 NZST / 2:00 pm14:00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

NZSTRio de Janeiro, Brazil
12am (midnight)9am
1am10am
2am11am
3am12pm (noon)
4am1pm
5am2pm
6am3pm
7am4pm
8am5pm
9am6pm
10am7pm
11am8pm
12pm (noon)9pm
1pm10pm
2pm11pm
3pm12am (midnight)
4pm1am
5pm2am
6pm3am
7pm4am
8pm5am
9pm6am
10pm7am
11pm8am
00:0009:00
01:0010:00
02:0011:00
03:0012:00
04:0013:00
05:0014:00
06:0015:00
07:0016:00
08:0017:00
09:0018:00
10:0019:00
11:0020:00
12:0021:00
13:0022:00
14:0023:00
15:0000:00
16:0001:00
17:0002:00
18:0003:00
19:0004:00
20:0005:00
21:0006:00
22:0007:00
23:0008:00

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

Rio de Janeiro Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
BRT - Brasília time
UTC / GMT Offset
-3:00 hours during Brasília time, currently in use.

Rio de Janeiro Facts

Country
Brazil
Alternative Names
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Population
6,023,699
Currency
Real (BRL)
Geographic Coordinates
22° 54' S Latitude / 43° 10' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+55