NZST to IST Converter
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1:00 am01:00 NZDT (UTC+13), Oct 19, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 18, 2026
NZDT is 7 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST.
NZST and IST examples
These examples always use NZST (UTC+12) and IST (UTC+5:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
NZST is 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST.
How the time difference changes
Depending on seasonal clock changes, NZST is 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST or NZDT is 7 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST.
Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NZST correspond to 2:30 am to 11:30 am in IST or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in NZDT correspond to 1:30 am to 10:30 am in IST.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NZST correspond to 02:30 to 11:30 in IST or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in NZDT correspond to 01:30 to 10:30 in IST.
Compare NZST time with IST 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 7 hours and 30 minutes ahead of India Standard Time.
1:00 am01:00 in NZDT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
NZDT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-6pm16:30-18:00 in NZDT which corresponds to 9am-10:30am09:00-10:30 in IST
1:00 am01:00 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT). Offset UTC +13:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
1:00 am01:00 NZDT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
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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.
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).
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 New Zealand daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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 an offset of twelve hours 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
- 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
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Current time in India: India time now
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2