What is CET in NZST?
New Zealand Time is 10 hours ahead
Central European Time is on UTC+2:00 and New Zealand Time is on UTC+12:00 right now. Central European Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read CEST. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Paris
- 4:56 am
- Time in Auckland
- 2:56 pm
- Difference
- +10 h
- Next clock change
- September 26, 2026
Convert a time
NZST — New Zealand Time
2:00 pm
Wed
When the difference changes
Central European 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:
- Now – September 26, 2026New Zealand Time is 10 hours ahead
- September 26, 2026 – October 25, 2026New Zealand Time is 11 hours ahead
- October 25, 2026 – March 28, 2027New Zealand Time is 12 hours ahead
- March 28, 2027 – April 3, 2027New Zealand Time is 11 hours ahead
- April 3, 2027 – September 25, 2027New Zealand Time is 10 hours ahead
- September 25, 2027 – onwardsNew Zealand Time is 11 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
Central European Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CET.
New Zealand Time
Clocks go forward one hour at 2am local time, becoming NZDT.
CET to NZST conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Central European Time to New Zealand Time. 10 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Auckland, which is marked.
- 12:00 am CEST
- 10:00 am NZST
- 1:00 am CEST
- 11:00 am NZST
- 2:00 am CEST
- 12:00 pm NZST
- 3:00 am CEST
- 1:00 pm NZST
- 4:00 am CEST
- 2:00 pm NZST
- 5:00 am CEST
- 3:00 pm NZST
- 6:00 am CEST
- 4:00 pm NZST
- 7:00 am CEST
- 5:00 pm NZST
- 8:00 am CEST
- 6:00 pm NZST
- 9:00 am CEST
- 7:00 pm NZST
- 10:00 am CEST
- 8:00 pm NZST
- 11:00 am CEST
- 9:00 pm NZST
- 12:00 pm CEST
- 10:00 pm NZST
- 1:00 pm CEST
- 11:00 pm NZST
- 2:00 pm CEST
- 12:00 am NZST+1 day
- 3:00 pm CEST
- 1:00 am NZST+1 day
- 4:00 pm CEST
- 2:00 am NZST+1 day
- 5:00 pm CEST
- 3:00 am NZST+1 day
- 6:00 pm CEST
- 4:00 am NZST+1 day
- 7:00 pm CEST
- 5:00 am NZST+1 day
- 8:00 pm CEST
- 6:00 am NZST+1 day
- 9:00 pm CEST
- 7:00 am NZST+1 day
- 10:00 pm CEST
- 8:00 am NZST+1 day
- 11:00 pm CEST
- 9:00 am NZST+1 day
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Paris and one in Auckland — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Paris is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Auckland.
Central European Time (CEST) is used in Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Stockholm