NZST/NZDT
New Zealand Standard Time
GMT +12
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
NZDT is not used on May 19, 2026

This converter uses NZST for New Zealand.

EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
yesterday
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
EST is not used on this date
This converter uses EDT (GMT -4), the offset New York uses on this date. Open the EDT converter.

Compare NZDT time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

New Zealand Standard Time is 16 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time
7:00 am07:00 in NZST is 3:00 pm15:00 in EDT

NZST to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am in NZST which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm in EDT (previous day)

7:00 am07:00 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 NZST / 3:00 pm15:00 EDT

NZSTEDT
12am (midnight)8am
1am9am
2am10am
3am11am
4am12pm (noon)
5am1pm
6am2pm
7am3pm
8am4pm
9am5pm
10am6pm
11am7pm
12pm (noon)8pm
1pm9pm
2pm10pm
3pm11pm
4pm12am (midnight)
5pm1am
6pm2am
7pm3am
8pm4am
9pm5am
10pm6am
11pm7am
00:0008:00
01:0009:00
02:0010:00
03:0011:00
04:0012:00
05:0013:00
06:0014:00
07:0015:00
08:0016:00
09:0017:00
10:0018:00
11:0019:00
12:0020:00
13:0021:00
14:0022:00
15:0023:00
16:0000:00
17:0001:00
18:0002:00
19:0003:00
20:0004:00
21:0005:00
22:0006:00
23:0007:00

New Zealand Daylight Time

Offset: NZDT is 13 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, New Zealand

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NZDT time zone is Auckland in New Zealand, with about 1.535 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga.

NZDT Time Zone Geo Map
NZDT timezone map

Daylight Saving: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe New Zealand Standard Time (NZST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 3am to 4amEnd: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) ended on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of April

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) starts on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, September 27, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of September

NZDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +13 - basic short
  • +1300 - basic
  • +13:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (13) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of thirteen hours to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects NZDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Antarctica/McMurdo
  • Antarctica/South_Pole
  • NZ
  • Pacific/Auckland
Time zones with the GMT +13 offset:
  • FJST - Fiji Summer Time
  • NZDT - New Zealand Daylight Time
  • PHOT - Phoenix Island Time
  • TKT - Tokelau Time
  • TOT - Tonga Time
  • WST - West Samoa Time
  • WSST - West Samoa Standard Time

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is Kingston in Jamaica, with about 937,700 people. Other major cities in this time zone include New Kingston, Cancun, Panama, San Miguelito.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EST Time Zone Geo Map
EST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

EST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Atikokan
  • America/Cancun
  • America/Cayman
  • America/Coral_Harbour
  • America/Detroit
  • America/Fort_Wayne
  • America/Grand_Turk
  • America/Indiana/Indianapolis
  • America/Indiana/Marengo
  • America/Indiana/Petersburg
  • America/Indiana/Vevay
  • America/Indiana/Vincennes
  • America/Indiana/Winamac
  • America/Indianapolis
  • America/Iqaluit
  • America/Jamaica
  • America/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Louisville
  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Panama
  • America/Pangnirtung
  • America/Port-au-Prince
  • America/Thunder_Bay
  • America/Toronto
  • Canada/Eastern
  • EST
  • EST5EDT
  • Jamaica
  • US/East-Indiana
  • US/Eastern
  • US/Michigan
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone