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What is CST (China) in NZST?

New Zealand Time is 5 hours ahead

China Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 and New Zealand Time is on UTC+13:00 right now. New Zealand Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read NZDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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NZDT — New Zealand Time

11:00 pm

NZDT, Fri

Time in Beijing
6:08:55 PM
Time in Auckland
11:08:55 PM
Difference
+5 h
Next clock change
April 4, 2027

When the difference changes

China Standard 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. Now – April 3, 2027New Zealand Time is 5 hours ahead
  2. April 3, 2027 – September 25, 2027New Zealand Time is 4 hours ahead
  3. September 25, 2027 – onwardsNew Zealand Time is 5 hours ahead

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

China Standard Time

No clock changes

China Standard Time stays on CST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

New Zealand Time

Sunday, April 4, 2027

Clocks go back one hour — 3:00 am becomes 2:00 am local time, and the zone is on NZST after that.

CST (China) to NZST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, November 13, 2026, converted from China Standard Time to New Zealand Time. 5 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Auckland, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm CST, which is 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm NZDT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

A note on CST (China): it can also mean the abbreviation CST is shared with US Central Time and Cuba Standard Time.

China Standard Time (CST) is used in the whole of China, which runs on one offset from Kashgar to Shanghai

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