What is SAST in NZST?
New Zealand Time is 11 hours ahead
Convert a time
NZDT — New Zealand Time
11:00 pm
NZDT, Fri
- Time in Johannesburg
- 12:01:08 PM
- Time in Auckland
- 11:01:08 PM
- Difference
- +11 h
- Next clock change
- April 4, 2027
When the difference changes
South Africa Standard Time and New Zealand 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 – April 3, 2027New Zealand Time is 11 hours ahead
- April 3, 2027 – September 25, 2027New Zealand Time is 10 hours ahead
- September 25, 2027 – onwardsNew Zealand Time is 11 hours ahead
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
South Africa Standard Time
South Africa Standard Time stays on SAST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
New Zealand Time
Clocks go back one hour — 3:00 am becomes 2:00 am local time, and the zone is on NZST after that.
SAST to NZST conversion table
Every hour of Friday, November 13, 2026, converted from South Africa Standard Time to New Zealand Time. 11 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Auckland, which is marked.
- 12:00 am SAST
- 11:00 am NZDT
- 1:00 am SAST
- 12:00 pm NZDT
- 2:00 am SAST
- 1:00 pm NZDT
- 3:00 am SAST
- 2:00 pm NZDT
- 4:00 am SAST
- 3:00 pm NZDT
- 5:00 am SAST
- 4:00 pm NZDT
- 6:00 am SAST
- 5:00 pm NZDT
- 7:00 am SAST
- 6:00 pm NZDT
- 8:00 am SAST
- 7:00 pm NZDT
- 9:00 am SAST
- 8:00 pm NZDT
- 10:00 am SAST
- 9:00 pm NZDT
- 11:00 am SAST
- 10:00 pm NZDT
- 12:00 pm SAST
- 11:00 pm NZDT
- 1:00 pm SAST
- 12:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 2:00 pm SAST
- 1:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 3:00 pm SAST
- 2:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 4:00 pm SAST
- 3:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 5:00 pm SAST
- 4:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 6:00 pm SAST
- 5:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 7:00 pm SAST
- 6:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 8:00 pm SAST
- 7:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 9:00 pm SAST
- 8:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 10:00 pm SAST
- 9:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 11:00 pm SAST
- 10:00 am NZDT+1 day
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Johannesburg and one in Auckland — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Johannesburg is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Auckland.
Other conversions
- NZST to SAST
- SAST to UTC
- SAST to GMT
- SAST to EST
- SAST to CST
- SAST to MST
- SAST to PST
- SAST to AKST
- SAST to HST
- SAST to BST
- SAST to CET
- SAST to IST
- SAST to CST (China)
- SAST to JST
- SAST to AEST
- SAST to AST
- SAST to Mexico City
- SAST to BRT
- SAST to ART
- SAST to EET
- SAST to WET
- SAST to MSK
- SAST to TRT
- SAST to WAT
- SAST to EAT
- SAST to GST
- SAST to PKT
- SAST to ICT
- SAST to WIB
- SAST to SGT
- SAST to HKT
- SAST to KST
- SAST to PHT
- SAST to AWST
- SAST to ACST
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