NZST to SAST Converter
Time Difference
New Zealand Standard Time is 10 hours ahead of South Africa Standard Time
7:30 pm19:30 in NZST is 9:30 am09:30 in SAST
NZST to SAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-8pm in NZST which corresponds to 8am-10am in SAST
7:30 pm19:30 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours
9:30 am09:30 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
7:30 pm19:30 NZST / 9:30 am09:30 SAST
NZST | SAST |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 2pm |
1am | 3pm |
2am | 4pm |
3am | 5pm |
4am | 6pm |
5am | 7pm |
6am | 8pm |
7am | 9pm |
8am | 10pm |
9am | 11pm |
10am | 12am (midnight) |
11am | 1am |
12pm (noon) | 2am |
1pm | 3am |
2pm | 4am |
3pm | 5am |
4pm | 6am |
5pm | 7am |
6pm | 8am |
7pm | 9am |
8pm | 10am |
9pm | 11am |
10pm | 12pm (noon) |
11pm | 1pm |
0:00 | 14:00 |
1:00 | 15:00 |
2:00 | 16:00 |
3:00 | 17:00 |
4:00 | 18:00 |
5:00 | 19:00 |
6:00 | 20:00 |
7:00 | 21:00 |
8:00 | 22:00 |
9:00 | 23:00 |
10:00 | 0:00 |
11:00 | 1:00 |
12:00 | 2:00 |
13:00 | 3:00 |
14:00 | 4:00 |
15:00 | 5:00 |
16:00 | 6:00 |
17:00 | 7:00 |
18:00 | 8:00 |
19:00 | 9:00 |
20:00 | 10:00 |
21:00 | 11:00 |
22:00 | 12:00 |
23:00 | 13:00 |
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 timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT).
Start: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) started on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 6, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of April.
End: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) ends on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, September 28, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time starts annually the on 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 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
South Africa Standard Time
Offset: SAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries: It is used in following countries: Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), South Africa
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SAST timezone is Cape Town from South Africa with population about 3.433 million people. Other major cities in the area are Durban, Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria
Daylight Saving: South Africa Standard Time (SAST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore SAST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, South Africa Standard Time remains the same

SAST representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates two hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for SAST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Africa/Maseru
- Africa/Mbabane
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time