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Pacific/Auckland

Pacific/Auckland is the IANA time zone for most of New Zealand in New Zealand.

UTC+13:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+13 NZDT

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+12:00
Daylight offset
UTC+13:00
Rule
Daylight saving time from the last Sunday in September at 02:00 to the first Sunday in April at 03:00 (local time).

Next clock changes

  • Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 03:00: back to UTC+12 (NZDT → NZST)
  • Sunday, September 26, 2027 at 02:00: forward to UTC+13 (NZST → NZDT)

Names

Generic name
New Zealand Time
Abbreviation
NZST / NZDT
Standard / daylight
New Zealand Standard Time / New Zealand Daylight Time
Aliases
Antarctica/South_Pole and NZ (old ids that resolve to Pacific/Auckland)

Use it in code

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Pacific/Auckland' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Pacific/Auckland')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Pacific/Auckland';

Cities in Pacific/Auckland

Also in this zone: Christchurch, Manukau City, Hamilton, Tauranga, Dunedin, Lower Hutt, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Napier, Invercargill, Nelson, Whangarei, Gisborne, Blenheim, Richmond, Whakatane.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1973: UTC+12
  • 1974–2026: UTC+12 and UTC+13 each year

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