NZST to PDT Converter
NZST is not used on October 1, 2026
This converter uses NZDT for New Zealand.
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NZST and PDT examples
These examples always use NZST (UTC+12) and PDT (UTC-7). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
NZST is 19 hours ahead of PDT.
How the time difference changes
Depending on seasonal clock changes, NZST is 19 hours ahead of PDT, NZDT is 20 hours ahead of PDT, or NZDT is 21 hours ahead of PST.
Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in NZST correspond to 2:00 pm (previous day) to 10:00 pm (previous day) in PDT, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in NZDT correspond to 1:00 pm (previous day) to 9:00 pm (previous day) in PDT, or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in NZDT correspond to 12:00 pm (previous day) to 8:00 pm (previous day) in PST.
Compare NZST time with PDT 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 20 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time
5:00 am05:00 in NZDT is 9:00 am09:00 in PDT
NZDT to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1pm in NZDT which corresponds to 1pm-5pm in PDT (previous day)
5:00 am05:00 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT). Offset UTC +13:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 NZDT / 9:00 am09:00 PDT
| NZDT | PDT |
|---|---|
| 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 | 12am (midnight) |
| 9pm | 1am |
| 10pm | 2am |
| 11pm | 3am |
| 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 | 00:00 |
| 21:00 | 01:00 |
| 22:00 | 02:00 |
| 23:00 | 03:00 |
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.
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 am local time and clocks were 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.
Start: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) starts on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the 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 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
Pacific Daylight Time
Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.
French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste
Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).
Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March
End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November
PDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -07 - basic short
- -0700 - basic
- -07:00 - extended
- -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
- T - short form of 'Tango'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- YST - Yukon Standard Time
- T - Tango Time Zone