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What is GMT in NZST?

New Zealand Time is 13 hours ahead

Greenwich Mean Time is on UTC+0:00 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

9:00 pm

NZDT, Sat

Time in Greenwich
8:30:03 AM
Time in Auckland
9:30:03 PM
Difference
+13 h
Next clock change
April 4, 2027

When the difference changes

Greenwich Mean 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 13 hours ahead
  2. April 3, 2027 – September 25, 2027New Zealand Time is 12 hours ahead
  3. September 25, 2027 – onwardsNew Zealand Time is 13 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

Greenwich Mean Time

No clock changes

Greenwich Mean Time stays on GMT 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.

GMT to NZST conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Greenwich Mean Time to New Zealand Time. 13 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Auckland, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

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

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is used in as a fixed UTC+0 offset. Note that the UK itself leaves GMT every summer — see British Time below.

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