Clock changes in New Zealand
Clocks in New Zealand go back one hour on Saturday, 3 April 2027: at 03:00 they read 02:00 again. The night is one hour longer — standard time returns.
The night of 3 April 2027
At 03:00 the clock turns back to 02:00, so the hour between them happens twice. Timestamps in that window are ambiguous without a UTC offset.
⟲ 02:00–03:00 · standard time returns
The next changes
4 of 4
- 03 04 03:00 → 02:00 · standard time returns Saturday
- 25 09 02:00 → 03:00 · summer time starts Saturday
- 01 04 03:00 → 02:00 · standard time returns Saturday
- 23 09 02:00 → 03:00 · summer time starts Saturday
Transitions are computed directly from the IANA time-zone database at build time, not from a hand-kept table — if the rules change, these dates change with the next daily build.
FAQ
When do the clocks change in New Zealand?
Saturday, 3 April 2027, at 03:00 local time, when clocks go back one hour.
Why does the time difference to other countries wobble?
Countries change their clocks on different dates — Europe and North America are a week or more apart — so for a few weeks each spring and autumn the usual difference is temporarily an hour off. Every overlap and difference figure on this site reads the current offsets from the IANA time-zone database, so those weeks are handled automatically.