Z to NZST Converter
Time Difference
Zulu Time Zone is 12 hours behind New Zealand Standard Time
4:00 pm16:00 in Z is 4:00 am04:00 in NZST
Z to NZST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-9am in Z which corresponds to 7pm-9pm in NZST
4:00 pm16:00 Zulu Time Zone (Z). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours
4:00 pm16:00 Z / 4:00 am04:00 NZST
Z | NZST |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 12pm (noon) |
1am | 1pm |
2am | 2pm |
3am | 3pm |
4am | 4pm |
5am | 5pm |
6am | 6pm |
7am | 7pm |
8am | 8pm |
9am | 9pm |
10am | 10pm |
11am | 11pm |
12pm (noon) | 12am (midnight) |
1pm | 1am |
2pm | 2am |
3pm | 3am |
4pm | 4am |
5pm | 5am |
6pm | 6am |
7pm | 7am |
8pm | 8am |
9pm | 9am |
10pm | 10am |
11pm | 11am |
0:00 | 12:00 |
1:00 | 13:00 |
2:00 | 14:00 |
3:00 | 15:00 |
4:00 | 16:00 |
5:00 | 17:00 |
6:00 | 18:00 |
7:00 | 19:00 |
8:00 | 20:00 |
9:00 | 21:00 |
10:00 | 22:00 |
11:00 | 23:00 |
12:00 | 0:00 |
13:00 | 1:00 |
14:00 | 2:00 |
15:00 | 3:00 |
16:00 | 4:00 |
17:00 | 5:00 |
18:00 | 6:00 |
19:00 | 7:00 |
20:00 | 8:00 |
21:00 | 9:00 |
22:00 | 10:00 |
23:00 | 11:00 |
Zulu Time Zone
Offset: Z is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Military
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.
Z representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for Z
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
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