NZST to KST Converter
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NZST and KST examples
These examples always use NZST (UTC+12) and KST (UTC+9). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
NZST is 3 hours ahead of KST.
How the time difference changes
Depending on seasonal clock changes, NZST is 3 hours ahead of KST or NZDT is 4 hours ahead of KST.
Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in NZST correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in KST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in NZDT correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm in KST.
Compare NZST time with KST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
New Zealand Standard Time is 3 hours ahead of Korea Standard Time
11:30 am11:30 in NZST is 8:30 am08:30 in KST
NZST to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm in NZST which corresponds to 9am-2pm in KST
11:30 am11:30 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours
8:30 am08:30 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
11:30 am11:30 NZST / 8:30 am08:30 KST
| NZST | KST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 9pm |
| 1am | 10pm |
| 2am | 11pm |
| 3am | 12am (midnight) |
| 4am | 1am |
| 5am | 2am |
| 6am | 3am |
| 7am | 4am |
| 8am | 5am |
| 9am | 6am |
| 10am | 7am |
| 11am | 8am |
| 12pm (noon) | 9am |
| 1pm | 10am |
| 2pm | 11am |
| 3pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 4pm | 1pm |
| 5pm | 2pm |
| 6pm | 3pm |
| 7pm | 4pm |
| 8pm | 5pm |
| 9pm | 6pm |
| 10pm | 7pm |
| 11pm | 8pm |
| 00:00 | 21:00 |
| 01:00 | 22:00 |
| 02:00 | 23:00 |
| 03:00 | 00:00 |
| 04:00 | 01:00 |
| 05:00 | 02:00 |
| 06:00 | 03:00 |
| 07:00 | 04:00 |
| 08:00 | 05:00 |
| 09:00 | 06:00 |
| 10:00 | 07:00 |
| 11:00 | 08:00 |
| 12:00 | 09:00 |
| 13:00 | 10:00 |
| 14:00 | 11:00 |
| 15:00 | 12:00 |
| 16:00 | 13:00 |
| 17:00 | 14:00 |
| 18:00 | 15:00 |
| 19:00 | 16:00 |
| 20:00 | 17:00 |
| 21:00 | 18:00 |
| 22:00 | 19:00 |
| 23:00 | 20:00 |
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 1.535 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga.
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).
Start: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) started on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.
End: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) ends on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, September 27, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the 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 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
- PETST - Kamchatka Summer Time
- TVT - Tuvalu Time
- WFT - Wallis and Futuna Time
Korea Standard Time
Offset: KST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Korea (North), Korea (South)
Principal Cities: The largest city in the KST time zone is Seoul in South Korea, with about 10.349 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Busan, Pyongyang, Incheon, Daegu.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Korea Standard Time (KST) do not change for daylight saving time, so KST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
KST representations, usage and related time zones
- +09 - basic short
- +0900 - basic
- +09:00 - extended
- +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- India - Military abbreviation for KST
- I - short form of 'India'
- Asia/Pyongyang
- Asia/Seoul
- ROK
- Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
- Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30
- AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
- CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
- I - India Time Zone
- IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
- JST - Japan Standard Time
- KST - Korea Standard Time
- PWT - Palau Time
- TLT - East Timor Time
- ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
- WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
- YAKT - Yakutsk Time