What is NZST in AEST?

Australian Eastern Time is 2 hours behind

New Zealand Time is on UTC+12:00 and Australian Eastern Time is on UTC+10:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Auckland: 12:04:26 AM
Time in Sydney: 10:04:26 PM
Difference: −2 h
Next clock change: September 27, 2026

Convert a time

NZST — New Zealand Time

AEST — Australian Eastern Time

10:00 pm

AEST, Fri, the previous day

When the difference changes

New Zealand Time and Australian Eastern 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 27, 2026Australian Eastern Time is 2 hours behind
September 27, 2026 – October 4, 2026Australian Eastern Time is 3 hours behind
October 4, 2026 – September 26, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 2 hours behind
September 26, 2027 – October 3, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 3 hours behind
October 3, 2027 – onwardsAustralian Eastern Time is 2 hours behind

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

New Zealand Time

Sunday, September 27, 2026

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

Australian Eastern Time

Sunday, October 4, 2026

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

NZST to AEST conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, September 26, 2026, converted from New Zealand Time to Australian Eastern Time. 2 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Sydney, which is marked.

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

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm NZST, which is 9:00 am to 4:00 pm AEST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Australian Eastern Time (AEST) is used in Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. Queensland stays on AEST all year while the southern states move to AEDT.