What is NZST in CET?
Central European Time is 10 hours behind
New Zealand Time is on UTC+12:00 and Central European Time is on UTC+2:00 right now. Central European Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read CEST. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Auckland
- 2:15 pm
- Time in Paris
- 4:15 am
- Difference
- −10 h
- Next clock change
- September 26, 2026
Convert a time
CEST — Central European Time
4:00 am
Wed
When the difference changes
New Zealand Time and Central European 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, 2026Central European Time is 10 hours behind
- September 26, 2026 – October 25, 2026Central European Time is 11 hours behind
- October 25, 2026 – March 28, 2027Central European Time is 12 hours behind
- March 28, 2027 – April 3, 2027Central European Time is 11 hours behind
- April 3, 2027 – September 25, 2027Central European Time is 10 hours behind
- September 25, 2027 – onwardsCentral European Time is 11 hours behind
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
New Zealand Time
Clocks go forward one hour at 2am local time, becoming NZDT.
Central European Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CET.
NZST to CET conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from New Zealand Time to Central European Time. 10 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Paris, which is marked.
- 12:00 am NZST
- 2:00 pm CEST−1 day
- 1:00 am NZST
- 3:00 pm CEST−1 day
- 2:00 am NZST
- 4:00 pm CEST−1 day
- 3:00 am NZST
- 5:00 pm CEST−1 day
- 4:00 am NZST
- 6:00 pm CEST−1 day
- 5:00 am NZST
- 7:00 pm CEST−1 day
- 6:00 am NZST
- 8:00 pm CEST−1 day
- 7:00 am NZST
- 9:00 pm CEST−1 day
- 8:00 am NZST
- 10:00 pm CEST−1 day
- 9:00 am NZST
- 11:00 pm CEST−1 day
- 10:00 am NZST
- 12:00 am CEST
- 11:00 am NZST
- 1:00 am CEST
- 12:00 pm NZST
- 2:00 am CEST
- 1:00 pm NZST
- 3:00 am CEST
- 2:00 pm NZST
- 4:00 am CEST
- 3:00 pm NZST
- 5:00 am CEST
- 4:00 pm NZST
- 6:00 am CEST
- 5:00 pm NZST
- 7:00 am CEST
- 6:00 pm NZST
- 8:00 am CEST
- 7:00 pm NZST
- 9:00 am CEST
- 8:00 pm NZST
- 10:00 am CEST
- 9:00 pm NZST
- 11:00 am CEST
- 10:00 pm NZST
- 12:00 pm CEST
- 11:00 pm NZST
- 1:00 pm CEST
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Auckland and one in Paris — 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 Paris.
Central European Time (CEST) is used in Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Stockholm