NZST(New Zealand Standard Time)
New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) is the standard time of New Zealand, twelve hours ahead of UTC.
- UTC offset
- UTC+12:00
- Abbreviation
- NZST
- Full name
- New Zealand Standard Time
- Military letter
- Mike (M)
- Regions
- New Zealand
- IANA zones
- Pacific/Auckland
- Converter model
- Fixed offset.
What NZST means
NZST is the civil time of both the North and South Islands and is one of the first offsets in the world to begin a new day.
- The Chatham Islands run 45 minutes ahead of NZST, one of the few quarter-hour offsets in use.
Cities on this offset
These cities keep UTC+12:00 as their standard offset:
- Auckland
- Wellington
- Christchurch
- Dunedin
History
New Zealand adopted a national standard in 1868, one of the earliest countries to do so, and moved to a whole twelve-hour offset in 1946.
Do not confuse with
- AEST — Australian Eastern Standard Time
- FJT — Fiji Time