PKT to NZST Converter
New Zealand is on daylight saving time: NZDT (UTC+13) until Sun, Apr 4, 2027.
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5:00 pm17:00 PKT (UTC+5), Oct 18, 2026 = 1:00 am01:00 NZDT (UTC+13), Oct 19, 2026
PKT is 8 hours behind NZDT.
PKT and NZST examples
These examples always use PKT (UTC+5) and NZST (UTC+12). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
PKT is 7 hours behind NZST.
How the time difference changes
Depending on seasonal clock changes, PKT is 7 hours behind NZST or PKT is 8 hours behind NZDT.
Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PKT correspond to 4:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in NZST or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PKT correspond to 5:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in NZDT.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PKT correspond to 16:00 to 01:00 (next day) in NZST or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PKT correspond to 17:00 to 02:00 (next day) in NZDT.
Compare PKT time with NZST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pakistan Standard Time is 8 hours behind New Zealand Daylight Time.
5:00 pm17:00 in PKT is 1:00 am01:00 in NZDT
PKT to NZDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in PKT which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in NZDT
5:00 pm17:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT). Offset UTC +13:00 hours
5:00 pm17:00 PKT / 1:00 am01:00 NZDT
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Pakistan Standard Time
Offset: PKT is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Pakistan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PKT time zone is Lahore in Pakistan, with about 13.004 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Karachi, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so PKT 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 Pakistan: Pakistan time now
PKT representations, usage and related time zones
- +05 - basic short
- +0500 - basic
- +05:00 - extended
- +0500 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Echo - Military abbreviation for PKT
- E - short form of 'Echo'
- Asia/Karachi
- ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
- AMST - Armenia Summer Time
- AQTT - Aqtobe Time
- AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
- E - Echo Time Zone
- MAWT - Mawson Time
- MVT - Maldives Time
- ORAT - Oral Time
- PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
- QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
- TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
- TJT - Tajikistan Time
- TMT - Turkmenistan Time
- UZT - Uzbekistan Time
- YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
- HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time
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