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NZST to PST Converter

NZST
New Zealand Standard Time
GMT +12
Thu, May 7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
PDT/PST
Pacific Daylight Time
GMT -7
Wed, May 6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.
Use PST all year (UTC−8)

Quick answers

Selected conversion

8:00 am08:00 NZST (UTC+12), May 7, 2020 = 1:00 pm13:00 PDT (UTC-7), May 6, 2020

NZST is 19 hours ahead of PDT.

NZST and PST examples

These examples always use NZST (UTC+12) and PST (UTC-8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

NZST is 20 hours ahead of PST.

PST uses UTC-8 during standard time. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use NZST to PT. For daylight-time examples, use NZST to 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.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in NZST correspond to 14:00 (previous day) to 22:00 (previous day) in PDT, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in NZDT correspond to 13:00 (previous day) to 21:00 (previous day) in PDT, or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in NZDT correspond to 12:00 (previous day) to 20:00 (previous day) in PST.

Compare NZST time with PST 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 19 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
8:00 am08:00 in NZST is 1:00 pm13:00 in PDT

NZST to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in NZST which corresponds to 2pm-5pm14:00-17:00 in PDT (previous day)

8:00 am08:00 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

8:00 am08:00 NZST / 1:00 pm13:00 PDT

NZSTPDT
12:00am5:00am
1:00am6:00am
2:00am7:00am
3:00am8:00am
4:00am9:00am
5:00am10:00am
6:00am11:00am
7:00am12:00pm
8:00am1:00pm
9:00am2:00pm
10:00am3:00pm
11:00am4:00pm
12:00pm5:00pm
1:00pm6:00pm
2:00pm7:00pm
3:00pm8:00pm
4:00pm9:00pm
5:00pm10:00pm
6:00pm11:00pm
7:00pm12:00am
8:00pm1:00am
9:00pm2:00am
10:00pm3:00am
11:00pm4:00am
00:0005:00
01:0006:00
02:0007:00
03:0008:00
04:0009:00
05:0010:00
06:0011:00
07:0012:00
08:0013:00
09:0014:00
10:0015:00
11:0016:00
12:0017:00
13:0018:00
14:0019:00
15:0020:00
16:0021:00
17:0022:00
18:0023:00
19:0000:00
20:0001:00
21:0002:00
22:0003:00
23:0004:00

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) started on Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2020, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) ends on Sunday, September 27, 2020 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, September 27, 2020, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of September.

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

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 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 PST 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: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PST Time Zone Geo Map
PST 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 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2020, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2020, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

PST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT