26 Sep 2021, 02:00
| Country: | New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Abbreviations: | NZ, NZL |
| Capital: | Wellington |
| Time Zones: | 2 (Main Country) |
| Total Time Zones: | 3 (with dependencies) |
| Dial Code: | +64 |
4 Apr
Back 1 hour
4 Apr 2021 - Daylight Saving Time Ended
When local daylight time was about to reach
Sunday, 4 April 2021, 03:00:00 clocks were turned backward 1 hour to
Sunday, 4 April 2021, 02:00:00 local standard time instead.
Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour earlier on 4 Apr 2021 than the day before. There was more light in the morning.
Also called Fall Back and Winter Time.
More info:
Australia & New Zealand End DST
26 Sep
Forward 1 hour
26 Sep 2021 - Daylight Saving Time Starts
When local standard time is about to reach
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 02:00:00 clocks are turned forward 1 hour to
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 03:00:00 local daylight time instead.
Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later on 26 Sep 2021 than the day before. There will be more light in the evening.
Also called Spring Forward, Summer Time, and Daylight Savings Time.
When Does DST Start and End in New Zealand?
Daylight Saving Time (DST) in New Zealand starts on the last Sunday in September and ends on the 1st Sunday in April.
Daylight Saving Time in Dependencies of New Zealand
| Dependency | Type | Daylight Saving Time Period |
|---|---|---|
| Tokelau | Territory | No Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight Saving Time History in New Zealand
- New Zealand first observed Daylight Saving Time in 1927.
- New Zealand has observed DST for 68 years between 1927 and 2021.
- Previous time with no Daylight Saving Time was 1973.
- See Worldwide DST Statistics
The Inventors of DST
New Zealand was the home of one of the pioneers of DST, but the seasonal change was not adopted in the country before 1927.
The history of DST in New Zealand started more than 20 years earlier. In 1895, the scientist George Vernon Hudson presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society advocating seasonal time adjustments. The society members ridiculed his idea. However, in 1909, the parliamentarian Thomas Sidey proposed to move the clocks 1 hour forward in New Zealand’s summer period to allow for an extra hour of daylight in the evenings.
Confusing Changes
The Summer Time Act 1927, set the clocks forward 1 hour, but the measure was unpopular. The Summer Time Act 1928 reduced the time change to 30-minutes instead. After the Summer Time Act 1929 went into effect, the DST period lasted from the 2nd Sunday in October to the 3rd Sunday in March. In 1933, it was extended to run from the 1st Sunday in September to the last Sunday of April.
In 1941, during World War II, clocks were set forward 30 minutes, increasing New Zealand's offset from GMT to 12 hours. The time change was made permanent by the Standard Time Act 1945.
Modern DST in New Zealand
New Zealand's current DST schedule was established by the Time Act 1974. The measure proved so popular that the start and end dates of the DST period were extended several times. Following the Daylight Time Order 1990, DST ran from the 1st Sunday in October to the 3rd Sunday in March.
In 2007, New Zealand’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Rick Barker, announced that the DST schedule was to be extended further. The decision was made after a survey and petition found that people favored an extended DST period. DST in New Zealand is today observed from the last Sunday in September to the 1st Sunday in April.