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New Zealand is on daylight saving time: NZDT (UTC+13) until Sun, Apr 4, 2027.
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California City's clocks go back 1 hour on Sun, Nov 1 · PDT → PST

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1:00 am01:00 NZDT (UTC+13), Oct 19, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 18, 2026

NZDT is 20 hours ahead of California City.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, NZST is 19 hours ahead of California City, NZDT is 20 hours ahead of California City, or NZDT is 21 hours ahead of California City.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NZST correspond to 2:00 pm (previous day) to 11:00 pm (previous day) in California City, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NZDT correspond to 1:00 pm (previous day) to 10:00 pm (previous day) in California City, or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NZDT correspond to 12:00 pm (previous day) to 9:00 pm (previous day) in California City.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NZST correspond to 14:00 (previous day) to 23:00 (previous day) in California City, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NZDT correspond to 13:00 (previous day) to 22:00 (previous day) in California City, or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NZDT correspond to 12:00 (previous day) to 21:00 (previous day) in California City.

Compare NZST time with California City 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 20 hours ahead of PDT (Pacific Daylight Time).
1:00 am01:00 in NZDT is 5:00 am05:00 in California City, CA, USA

NZDT to California City call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in NZDT which corresponds to 1pm-6pm13:00-18:00 in California City (previous day)

1:00 am01:00 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT). Offset UTC +13:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) (California City, CA, USA). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

1:00 am01:00 NZDT / 5:00 am05:00 California City, CA, USA

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New Zealand Standard Time

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

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.

Map of the areas on New Zealand Standard Time (NZST)
NZST part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC+13 (NZDT).

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).

123456789101112End: 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.

123456789101112Start: 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.

See New Zealand daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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

California City Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
PDT – Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-7 (now, daylight saving time)
PST – Pacific Standard Time, UTC-8 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (PST). DST ends on the 1st Sunday of November each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, March 14, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (PDT). DST starts on the 2nd Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

California City Facts

Country
USA
State
California
Population
13,277
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
35° 07' N Latitude / 117° 59' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1