NZST to CEST Converter
Time Difference
New Zealand Standard Time is 10 hours ahead of Central European Summer Time
6:00 pm18:00 in NZST is 8:00 am08:00 in CEST
NZST to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-8pm in NZST which corresponds to 8am-10am in CEST
6:00 pm18:00 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
6:00 pm18:00 NZST / 8:00 am08:00 CEST
NZST | CEST |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 2pm |
1am | 3pm |
2am | 4pm |
3am | 5pm |
4am | 6pm |
5am | 7pm |
6am | 8pm |
7am | 9pm |
8am | 10pm |
9am | 11pm |
10am | 12am (midnight) |
11am | 1am |
12pm (noon) | 2am |
1pm | 3am |
2pm | 4am |
3pm | 5am |
4pm | 6am |
5pm | 7am |
6pm | 8am |
7pm | 9am |
8pm | 10am |
9pm | 11am |
10pm | 12pm (noon) |
11pm | 1pm |
0:00 | 14:00 |
1:00 | 15:00 |
2:00 | 16:00 |
3:00 | 17:00 |
4:00 | 18:00 |
5:00 | 19:00 |
6:00 | 20:00 |
7:00 | 21:00 |
8:00 | 22:00 |
9:00 | 23:00 |
10:00 | 0:00 |
11:00 | 1:00 |
12:00 | 2:00 |
13:00 | 3:00 |
14:00 | 4:00 |
15:00 | 5:00 |
16:00 | 6:00 |
17:00 | 7:00 |
18:00 | 8:00 |
19:00 | 9:00 |
20:00 | 10:00 |
21:00 | 11:00 |
22:00 | 12:00 |
23:00 | 13:00 |
New Zealand Standard Time
Offset: NZST is 12 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific
Countries: It is used in following countries: Antarctica, New Zealand
Principal Cities: The largest city in the NZST timezone is Auckland from New Zealand with population about 1.535 million people. Other major cities in the area are Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT).
Start: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) started on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 6, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of April.
End: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) ends on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, September 28, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of September.
NZST representations, usage and related time zones
- +12 - basic short
- +1200 - basic
- +12:00 - extended
- +1200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (12) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates twelve hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Mike - Military abbreviation for NZST
- M - short form of 'Mike'
- Antarctica/McMurdo
- Antarctica/South_Pole
- NZ
- Pacific/Auckland
- ANAST - Anadyr Summer Time
- ANAT - Anadyr Time
- FJT - Fiji Time
- GILT - Gilbert Island Time
- M - Mike Time Zone
- MAGST - Magadan Summer Time
- MAGT - Magadan 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
Central European Summer Time
Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CEST timezone is Berlin from Germany with population about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in the area are Madrid, Rome, Paris, Budapest
German: MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

Daylight Saving: Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Central European Time (CET).
Start: Central European Summer Time (CEST) started on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on last Sunday of March
End: Central European Summer Time (CEST) ends on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on last Sunday of October
CEST representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates two hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for CEST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Ceuta
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
- CET
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Europe/Andorra
- Europe/Belgrade
- Europe/Berlin
- Europe/Bratislava
- Europe/Brussels
- Europe/Budapest
- Europe/Busingen
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Europe/Gibraltar
- Europe/Ljubljana
- Europe/Luxembourg
- Europe/Madrid
- Europe/Malta
- Europe/Monaco
- Europe/Oslo
- Europe/Paris
- Europe/Podgorica
- Europe/Prague
- Europe/Rome
- Europe/San_Marino
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Europe/Skopje
- Europe/Stockholm
- Europe/Tirane
- Europe/Vaduz
- Europe/Vatican
- Europe/Vienna
- Europe/Warsaw
- Europe/Zagreb
- Europe/Zurich
- MET
- Poland
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time