NZST to CST Converter
Time Difference
New Zealand Daylight Time is 19 hours ahead of Central Standard Time
2:30 am02:30 in NZDT is 7:30 am07:30 in CST
NZST to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10pm-12pm in NZST which corresponds to 4am-6am in CST
2:30 am02:30 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT). Offset UTC +13:00 hours
7:30 am07:30 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
2:30 am02:30 NZDT / 7:30 am07:30 CST
NZDT | CST |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 5am |
1am | 6am |
2am | 7am |
3am | 8am |
4am | 9am |
5am | 10am |
6am | 11am |
7am | 12pm (noon) |
8am | 1pm |
9am | 2pm |
10am | 3pm |
11am | 4pm |
12pm (noon) | 5pm |
1pm | 6pm |
2pm | 7pm |
3pm | 8pm |
4pm | 9pm |
5pm | 10pm |
6pm | 11pm |
7pm | 12am (midnight) |
8pm | 1am |
9pm | 2am |
10pm | 3am |
11pm | 4am |
0:00 | 5:00 |
1:00 | 6:00 |
2:00 | 7:00 |
3:00 | 8:00 |
4:00 | 9:00 |
5:00 | 10:00 |
6:00 | 11:00 |
7:00 | 12:00 |
8:00 | 13:00 |
9:00 | 14:00 |
10:00 | 15:00 |
11:00 | 16:00 |
12:00 | 17:00 |
13:00 | 18:00 |
14:00 | 19:00 |
15:00 | 20:00 |
16:00 | 21:00 |
17:00 | 22:00 |
18:00 | 23:00 |
19:00 | 0:00 |
20:00 | 1:00 |
21:00 | 2:00 |
22:00 | 3:00 |
23:00 | 4:00 |
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 time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT).
End: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) has ended on Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, September 24, 2023, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on last Sunday of September.
Start: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) starts on Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 7, 2024, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of April.
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 Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

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 Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 5, 2023, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
End: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time starts annually the on second Sunday of March.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Belize
- America/Chicago
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Guatemala
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Managua
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Monterrey
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- Colombia Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone