What is NZST in AWST?

Australian Western Standard Time is 4 hours behind

New Zealand Time is on UTC+12:00 and Australian Western Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Auckland: 12:04:29 AM
Time in Perth: 8:04:29 PM
Difference: −4 h
Next clock change: September 27, 2026

Convert a time

NZST — New Zealand Time

AWST — Australian Western Standard Time

8:00 pm

AWST, Fri, the previous day

When the difference changes

New Zealand Time and Australian Western Standard 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 Western Standard Time is 4 hours behind
September 27, 2026 – April 4, 2027Australian Western Standard Time is 5 hours behind
April 4, 2027 – September 26, 2027Australian Western Standard Time is 4 hours behind
September 26, 2027 – onwardsAustralian Western Standard Time is 5 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 Western Standard Time

No clock changes

Australian Western Standard Time stays on AWST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

NZST to AWST conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, September 26, 2026, converted from New Zealand Time to Australian Western Standard Time. 4 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Perth, which is marked.

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

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

Scheduling between the two

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

Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) is used in Western Australia, which does not observe daylight saving