What is NZST in KST?

Korea Standard Time is 3 hours behind

New Zealand Time is on UTC+12:00 and Korea Standard Time is on UTC+9:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Auckland: 12:04:22 AM
Time in Seoul: 9:04:22 PM
Difference: −3 h
Next clock change: September 27, 2026

Convert a time

NZST — New Zealand Time

KST — Korea Standard Time

9:00 pm

KST, Fri, the previous day

When the difference changes

New Zealand Time and Korea 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, 2026Korea Standard Time is 3 hours behind
September 27, 2026 – April 4, 2027Korea Standard Time is 4 hours behind
April 4, 2027 – September 26, 2027Korea Standard Time is 3 hours behind
September 26, 2027 – onwardsKorea Standard Time is 4 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.

Korea Standard Time

No clock changes

Korea Standard Time stays on KST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

NZST to KST conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, September 26, 2026, converted from New Zealand Time to Korea Standard Time. 3 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Seoul, which is marked.

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

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm NZST, which is 9:00 am to 3:00 pm KST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.