Sri Lanka
IST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
NZST
New Zealand Standard Time
GMT +12
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare Colombo time with NZST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

IST (India Standard Time) is 6 hours and 30 minutes behind New Zealand Standard Time
10:00 am10:00 in Colombo, Sri Lanka is 4:30 pm16:30 in NZST

Colombo to NZST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10:30am in Colombo which corresponds to 3:30pm-5pm in NZST

10:00 am10:00 IST (India Standard Time) (Colombo, Sri Lanka). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
4:30 pm16:30 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours

10:00 am10:00 Colombo, Sri Lanka / 4:30 pm16:30 NZST

Colombo, Sri LankaNZST
12am (midnight)6:30 am
1am7:30 am
2am8:30 am
3am9:30 am
4am10:30 am
5am11:30 am
6am12:30 pm
7am1:30 pm
8am2:30 pm
9am3:30 pm
10am4:30 pm
11am5:30 pm
12pm (noon)6:30 pm
1pm7:30 pm
2pm8:30 pm
3pm9:30 pm
4pm10:30 pm
5pm11:30 pm
6pm12:30 am
7pm1:30 am
8pm2:30 am
9pm3:30 am
10pm4:30 am
11pm5:30 am
00:0006:30
01:0007:30
02:0008:30
03:0009:30
04:0010:30
05:0011:30
06:0012:30
07:0013:30
08:0014:30
09:0015:30
10:0016:30
11:0017:30
12:0018:30
13:0019:30
14:0020:30
15:0021:30
16:0022:30
17:0023:30
18:0000:30
19:0001:30
20:0002:30
21:0003:30
22:0004:30
23:0005:30

Colombo Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
IST - India Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+5:30 hours during India Standard Time, currently in use.

Colombo Facts

Country
Sri Lanka
Alternative Names
CMB, Colombo, Columbo, Columbum, Kalomba, Kolombas, Kolombo, Kolompo, Kolonbo, ge lin bao, kalambo, kalombo, ke lun po, kealambea, kholambo, klmbw, kolabo, kolambo, kollombo, kolumpu, kolunbu, koronbo, kwlmbw, kwlwmbw, qwlwmbw, Κολόμπο, Каломба, Коломбо, Կոլոմբո, קולומבו, كولمبو, كولومبو, کلمبو, کولمبو, ކޮޅުނބު, कोलंबो, कोलम्बो, কলম্বো, ਕੋਲੰਬੋ, કોલંબો, କଲୋମ୍ବୋ, கொழும்பு, కొలంబో, ಕೊಲಂಬೊ, കൊളംബോ, කොළඹ, ෙකාළඹ, โคลัมโบ, ཁོ་ལུམ་པོ།, ကိုလံဘိုမြို့, კოლომბო, ኮሎምቦ, コロンボ, 可倫坡, 哥林堡, 콜롬보
Population
648,034
Currency
Rupee (LKR)
Geographic Coordinates
6° 56' N Latitude / 79° 50' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+94

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.

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 hour from 3am to 2amStart: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: 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

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