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What is BST in NZST?

New Zealand Time is 11 hours ahead

British Time is on UTC+1:00 and New Zealand Time is on UTC+12:00 right now. British Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read BST. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in London
3:56 am
Time in Auckland
2:56 pm
Difference
+11 h
Next clock change
September 26, 2026

Convert a time

NZSTNew Zealand Time

2:00 pm

Wed

When the difference changes

British Time and New Zealand Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

  1. NowSeptember 26, 2026New Zealand Time is 11 hours ahead
  2. September 26, 2026October 25, 2026New Zealand Time is 12 hours ahead
  3. October 25, 2026March 28, 2027New Zealand Time is 13 hours ahead
  4. March 28, 2027April 3, 2027New Zealand Time is 12 hours ahead
  5. April 3, 2027September 25, 2027New Zealand Time is 11 hours ahead
  6. September 25, 2027onwardsNew Zealand Time is 12 hours ahead

Periods shorter than a day are not listed: both zones change at 2am in their own local time, so there are a few hours on each transition date when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

British Time

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming GMT.

New Zealand Time

Sunday, September 27, 2026

Clocks go forward one hour at 2am local time, becoming NZDT.

BST to NZST conversion table

Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from British Time to New Zealand Time. 11 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Auckland, which is marked.

12:00 am BST
11:00 am NZST
1:00 am BST
12:00 pm NZST
2:00 am BST
1:00 pm NZST
3:00 am BST
2:00 pm NZST
4:00 am BST
3:00 pm NZST
5:00 am BST
4:00 pm NZST
6:00 am BST
5:00 pm NZST
7:00 am BST
6:00 pm NZST
8:00 am BST
7:00 pm NZST
9:00 am BST
8:00 pm NZST
10:00 am BST
9:00 pm NZST
11:00 am BST
10:00 pm NZST
12:00 pm BST
11:00 pm NZST
1:00 pm BST
12:00 am NZST+1 day
2:00 pm BST
1:00 am NZST+1 day
3:00 pm BST
2:00 am NZST+1 day
4:00 pm BST
3:00 am NZST+1 day
5:00 pm BST
4:00 am NZST+1 day
6:00 pm BST
5:00 am NZST+1 day
7:00 pm BST
6:00 am NZST+1 day
8:00 pm BST
7:00 am NZST+1 day
9:00 pm BST
8:00 am NZST+1 day
10:00 pm BST
9:00 am NZST+1 day
11:00 pm BST
10:00 am NZST+1 day

Scheduling between the two

There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in London and one in Auckland — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in London is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Auckland.

A note on BST: it can also mean Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+6). This page means British Summer Time.

British Time (BST) is used in the whole United Kingdom. In winter the UK is on GMT; from late March to late October it is on BST, an hour ahead.

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