What is HST in NZST?
New Zealand Time is 22 hours ahead
Hawaii Standard Time is on UTC−10:00 and New Zealand Time is on UTC+12:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Honolulu
- 5:48 pm
- Time in Auckland
- 3:48 pm
- Difference
- +22 h
- Next clock change
- September 26, 2026
Convert a time
NZST — New Zealand Time
3:00 pm
Wed, the next day
When the difference changes
Hawaii 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:
- Now – September 26, 2026New Zealand Time is 22 hours ahead
- September 26, 2026 – April 3, 2027New Zealand Time is 23 hours ahead
- April 3, 2027 – September 25, 2027New Zealand Time is 22 hours ahead
- September 25, 2027 – onwardsNew Zealand Time is 23 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
Hawaii Standard Time
Hawaii Standard Time stays on HST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
New Zealand Time
Clocks go forward one hour at 2am local time, becoming NZDT.
HST to NZST conversion table
Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Hawaii Standard Time to New Zealand Time. 22 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Auckland, which is marked.
- 12:00 am HST
- 10:00 pm NZST
- 1:00 am HST
- 11:00 pm NZST
- 2:00 am HST
- 12:00 am NZST+1 day
- 3:00 am HST
- 1:00 am NZST+1 day
- 4:00 am HST
- 2:00 am NZST+1 day
- 5:00 am HST
- 3:00 am NZST+1 day
- 6:00 am HST
- 4:00 am NZST+1 day
- 7:00 am HST
- 5:00 am NZST+1 day
- 8:00 am HST
- 6:00 am NZST+1 day
- 9:00 am HST
- 7:00 am NZST+1 day
- 10:00 am HST
- 8:00 am NZST+1 day
- 11:00 am HST
- 9:00 am NZST+1 day
- 12:00 pm HST
- 10:00 am NZST+1 day
- 1:00 pm HST
- 11:00 am NZST+1 day
- 2:00 pm HST
- 12:00 pm NZST+1 day
- 3:00 pm HST
- 1:00 pm NZST+1 day
- 4:00 pm HST
- 2:00 pm NZST+1 day
- 5:00 pm HST
- 3:00 pm NZST+1 day
- 6:00 pm HST
- 4:00 pm NZST+1 day
- 7:00 pm HST
- 5:00 pm NZST+1 day
- 8:00 pm HST
- 6:00 pm NZST+1 day
- 9:00 pm HST
- 7:00 pm NZST+1 day
- 10:00 pm HST
- 8:00 pm NZST+1 day
- 11:00 pm HST
- 9:00 pm NZST+1 day
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm HST, which is 9:00 am to 4:00 pm NZST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
Hawaii Standard Time (HST) is used in all of Hawaii, which does not observe daylight saving