What is NZST in CST (China)?

China Standard Time is 4 hours behind

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

Time in Auckland: 12:04:34 AM
Time in Beijing: 8:04:34 PM
Difference: −4 h
Next clock change: September 27, 2026

Convert a time

NZST — New Zealand Time

CST — China Standard Time

8:00 pm

CST, Fri, the previous day

When the difference changes

New Zealand Time and China 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, 2026China Standard Time is 4 hours behind
September 27, 2026 – April 4, 2027China Standard Time is 5 hours behind
April 4, 2027 – September 26, 2027China Standard Time is 4 hours behind
September 26, 2027 – onwardsChina 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.

China Standard Time

No clock changes

China Standard Time stays on CST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

NZST to CST (China) conversion table

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

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

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

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 CST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

A note on CST (China): it can also mean the abbreviation CST is shared with US Central Time and Cuba Standard Time.

China Standard Time (CST) is used in the whole of China, which runs on one offset from Kashgar to Shanghai