Auckland, New Zealand · UTC+13
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Auckland is in the Pacific/Auckland timezone (NZST/UTC+12, NZDT/UTC+13 in summer). At UTC+13 during daylight saving, Auckland is among the first major cities to greet each new year.
Auckland has a claim to fame that comes around once a year: it is consistently among the first major cities in the world to ring in the New Year. At UTC+13 during daylight saving time (which in New Zealand falls during December and January), Auckland is 13 hours ahead of London and only one hour behind Samoa and Tonga.
The timezone is Pacific/Auckland, UTC+12 in standard time (New Zealand’s winter, which is the Northern Hemisphere summer) and UTC+13 during daylight saving. New Zealand observes DST, advancing clocks in late September and returning them in early April.
A business day that ends before London begins
New Zealand sits at the far end of the Pacific from Europe, and this creates a distinctive business communications pattern. Auckland’s working day is completely over before London’s begins. A call from Auckland at the end of the working day reaches London before London has started work. Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, shares the same timezone.
The city’s position means that when a global event happens, Auckland often processes it before or after the rest of the world depending on the time of day. A Sunday morning crisis in New York is Saturday evening in Auckland the day before.
At 36.9 degrees south, Auckland has noticeable seasonal variation. December evenings stay light until past 8:30pm. June afternoons darken before 5:30pm. The DST shift amplifies this difference.
9am in Auckland is 9pm the previous evening in London during European winter.
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Questions about time in Auckland
- What timezone is Auckland in?
- Auckland uses the IANA timezone
Pacific/Auckland. The UTC offset is UTC+12 in winter (standard time) and UTC+13 during daylight saving time (summer). - Does Auckland observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Auckland observes daylight saving time. In 2026, clocks spring forward one hour on Sunday, September 27 and fall back one hour on Sunday, April 5. During DST, the UTC offset shifts from UTC+12 to UTC+13.
- What is the current UTC offset for Auckland?
- Auckland is currently at UTC+13. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Auckland and New York?
- Auckland is currently 17 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Auckland and London?
- Auckland is currently 12 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Auckland and Los Angeles?
- Auckland is currently 20 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Auckland and Tokyo?
- Auckland is currently 4 hours ahead of Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Auckland transitions to/from DST.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Auckland?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Auckland is
Pacific/Auckland. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Pacific/Auckland' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Pacific/Auckland')`), or any IANA-compatible library.