What is NZST in BRT?
Brasília Time is 15 hours behind
New Zealand Time is on UTC+12:00 and Brasília Time is on UTC−3:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Auckland
- 12:04:21 AM
- Time in São Paulo
- 9:04:21 AM
- Difference
- −15 h
- Next clock change
- September 27, 2026
Convert a time
BRT — Brasília Time
9:00 am
BRT, Fri, the previous day
When the difference changes
New Zealand Time and Brasília 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, 2026Brasília Time is 15 hours behind
- September 27, 2026 – April 4, 2027Brasília Time is 16 hours behind
- April 4, 2027 – September 26, 2027Brasília Time is 15 hours behind
- September 26, 2027 – onwardsBrasília Time is 16 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
Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on NZDT after that.
Brasília Time
Brasília Time stays on BRT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
NZST to BRT conversion table
Every hour of Saturday, September 26, 2026, converted from New Zealand Time to Brasília Time. 15 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in São Paulo, which is marked.
- 12:00 am NZST
- 9:00 am BRT−1 day
- 1:00 am NZST
- 10:00 am BRT−1 day
- 2:00 am NZST
- 11:00 am BRT−1 day
- 3:00 am NZST
- 12:00 pm BRT−1 day
- 4:00 am NZST
- 1:00 pm BRT−1 day
- 5:00 am NZST
- 2:00 pm BRT−1 day
- 6:00 am NZST
- 3:00 pm BRT−1 day
- 7:00 am NZST
- 4:00 pm BRT−1 day
- 8:00 am NZST
- 5:00 pm BRT−1 day
- 9:00 am NZST
- 6:00 pm BRT−1 day
- 10:00 am NZST
- 7:00 pm BRT−1 day
- 11:00 am NZST
- 8:00 pm BRT−1 day
- 12:00 pm NZST
- 9:00 pm BRT−1 day
- 1:00 pm NZST
- 10:00 pm BRT−1 day
- 2:00 pm NZST
- 11:00 pm BRT−1 day
- 3:00 pm NZST
- 12:00 am BRT
- 4:00 pm NZST
- 1:00 am BRT
- 5:00 pm NZST
- 2:00 am BRT
- 6:00 pm NZST
- 3:00 am BRT
- 7:00 pm NZST
- 4:00 am BRT
- 8:00 pm NZST
- 5:00 am BRT
- 9:00 pm NZST
- 6:00 am BRT
- 10:00 pm NZST
- 7:00 am BRT
- 11:00 pm NZST
- 8:00 am BRT
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Auckland and one in São Paulo — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Auckland is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in São Paulo.
Brasília Time (BRT) is used in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília. Brazil ended daylight saving in 2019.
Other conversions
- BRT to NZST
- NZST to UTC
- NZST to GMT
- NZST to EST
- NZST to CST
- NZST to MST
- NZST to PST
- NZST to AKST
- NZST to HST
- NZST to BST
- NZST to CET
- NZST to IST
- NZST to CST (China)
- NZST to JST
- NZST to AEST
- NZST to AST
- NZST to Mexico City
- NZST to ART
- NZST to EET
- NZST to WET
- NZST to MSK
- NZST to TRT
- NZST to SAST
- NZST to WAT
- NZST to EAT
- NZST to GST
- NZST to PKT
- NZST to ICT
- NZST to WIB
- NZST to SGT
- NZST to HKT
- NZST to KST
- NZST to PHT
- NZST to AWST
- NZST to ACST
- All zones