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Time in New Zealand
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<table><tbody><tr><th>Time zone</th><th>Standard time</th><th>Daylight time</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a></td><td><a href="/facts/UTC%2B12:00/25fTWkx8">UTC+12:00</a></td><td><a href="/facts/UTC%2B13:00/LcVvn0ef">UTC+13:00</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Chatham_Islands/rrjd670d">Chatham Islands</a></td><td><a href="/facts/UTC%2B12:45/VJdBEA9D">UTC+12:45</a></td><td><a href="/facts/UTC%2B13:45/Bgyv8Qfl">UTC+13:45</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Time in New Zealand is divided by law into two <a href="/facts/Standard_time/3dKMYnjM">standard</a> <a href="/facts/Time_zone/x5JzdlX8">time zones</a>. The main islands use New Zealand Standard Time (NZST), 12 hours in advance of <a href="/facts/Coordinated_Universal_Time/2EnjfSyu">Coordinated Universal Time</a> (UTC) / <a href="/facts/Military_time_zone/jzrWCFYr">military</a> M (Mike), while the outlying <a href="/facts/Chatham_Islands/rrjd670d">Chatham Islands</a> use <a href="/facts/Chatham_Standard_Time_Zone/H78Sl6Qx">Chatham Standard Time</a> (CHAST), 12 hours 45 minutes in advance of UTC / military M^ (Mike-Three). </p><p>During summer months – from the last Sunday in September until the first Sunday in April – <a href="/facts/Daylight_saving_time/bEWvB1Rt">daylight saving time</a> is observed and clocks are advanced one hour. New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) is 13 hours ahead of UTC, and Chatham Daylight Time (CHADT) 13 hours 45 minutes ahead. </p><p>New Zealand's associated states – the <a href="/facts/Cook_Islands/kmvk0Yed">Cook Islands</a> and <a href="/facts/Niue/BV3kv4ug">Niue</a> – and the dependent territory of <a href="/facts/Tokelau/J0Y8gvgx">Tokelau</a> use several different time zones at their own discretion. </p>