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NZDT/NZST

New Zealand Daylight Time

GMT +13

12am

3am

6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

9pm

New Zealand is on daylight saving time: NZDT (UTC+13) until Sun, Apr 4, 2027.

Use NZST all year (UTC+12)

CEST/CET

Central European Summer Time

GMT +2

yesterday

12am

3am

6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

9pm

Central Europe is on summer time: CEST (UTC+2) until Sun, Oct 25.

Use CET all year (UTC+1)

Quick answers

Selected conversion

1:00 am01:00 NZDT (UTC+13), Oct 12, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 11, 2026

NZDT is 11 hours ahead of CEST.

NZST and CET examples

These examples always use NZST (UTC+12) and CET (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

NZST is 11 hours ahead of CET.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, NZST is 10 hours ahead of CEST, NZDT is 11 hours ahead of CEST, or NZDT is 12 hours ahead of CET.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in NZST correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 7:00 am in CEST, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in NZDT correspond to 10:00 pm (previous day) to 6:00 am in CEST, or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in NZDT correspond to 9:00 pm (previous day) to 5:00 am in CET.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in NZST correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 07:00 in CEST, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in NZDT correspond to 22:00 (previous day) to 06:00 in CEST, or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in NZDT correspond to 21:00 (previous day) to 05:00 in CET.

Compare NZST time with CET 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 11 hours ahead of Central European Summer Time.
1:00 am01:00 in NZDT is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST

NZDT to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in NZDT which corresponds to 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in CEST

1:00 am01:00 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT). Offset UTC +13:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

1:00 am01:00 NZDT / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST

NZDT	CEST
12:00am	1:00pm
1:00am	2:00pm
2:00am	3:00pm
3:00am	4:00pm
4:00am	5:00pm
5:00am	6:00pm
6:00am	7:00pm
7:00am	8:00pm
8:00am	9:00pm
9:00am	10:00pm
10:00am	11:00pm
11:00am	12:00am
12:00pm	1:00am
1:00pm	2:00am
2:00pm	3:00am
3:00pm	4:00am
4:00pm	5:00am
5:00pm	6:00am
6:00pm	7:00am
7:00pm	8:00am
8:00pm	9:00am
9:00pm	10:00am
10:00pm	11:00am
11:00pm	12:00pm
00:00	13:00
01:00	14:00
02:00	15:00
03:00	16:00
04:00	17:00
05:00	18:00
06:00	19:00
07:00	20:00
08:00	21:00
09:00	22:00
10:00	23:00
11:00	00:00
12:00	01:00
13:00	02:00
14:00	03:00
15:00	04:00
16:00	05:00
17:00	06:00
18:00	07:00
19:00	08:00
20:00	09:00
21:00	10:00
22:00	11:00
23:00	12:00

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 1.547 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Christchurch, Wellington, 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).

End: 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.

Start: 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 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
PETST - Kamchatka Summer Time
TVT - Tuvalu Time
WFT - Wallis and Futuna Time

Central European Time

Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, 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, Tunisia, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.

German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit

CET Time Zone Geo Map — CET 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 Central European Summer Time (CEST).

End: Central European Time (CET) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

Start: Central European Time (CET) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.