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What is NZST in AEST?

Australian Eastern Time is 2 hours behind

New Zealand Time is on UTC+13:00 and Australian Eastern Time is on UTC+11:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read NZDT and AEDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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AEDT — Australian Eastern Time

9:00 pm

AEDT, Fri

Time in Auckland
11:01:10 PM
Time in Sydney
9:01:10 PM
Difference
−2 h
Next clock change
April 4, 2027

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:

  1. Now – September 26, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 2 hours behind
  2. September 26, 2027 – October 3, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 3 hours behind
  3. 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, 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.

Australian Eastern Time

Sunday, April 4, 2027

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

NZST to AEST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, November 13, 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 NZDT
10:00 pm AEDT−1 day
1:00 am NZDT
11:00 pm AEDT−1 day
2:00 am NZDT
12:00 am AEDT
3:00 am NZDT
1:00 am AEDT
4:00 am NZDT
2:00 am AEDT
5:00 am NZDT
3:00 am AEDT
6:00 am NZDT
4:00 am AEDT
7:00 am NZDT
5:00 am AEDT
8:00 am NZDT
6:00 am AEDT
9:00 am NZDT
7:00 am AEDT
10:00 am NZDT
8:00 am AEDT
11:00 am NZDT
9:00 am AEDT
12:00 pm NZDT
10:00 am AEDT
1:00 pm NZDT
11:00 am AEDT
2:00 pm NZDT
12:00 pm AEDT
3:00 pm NZDT
1:00 pm AEDT
4:00 pm NZDT
2:00 pm AEDT
5:00 pm NZDT
3:00 pm AEDT
6:00 pm NZDT
4:00 pm AEDT
7:00 pm NZDT
5:00 pm AEDT
8:00 pm NZDT
6:00 pm AEDT
9:00 pm NZDT
7:00 pm AEDT
10:00 pm NZDT
8:00 pm AEDT
11:00 pm NZDT
9:00 pm AEDT

Scheduling between the two

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

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

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