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Chatham Island is on daylight saving time: CHADT (UTC+13:45) until Sun, Apr 4, 2027.

Use this CHAST Time Converter page to check current local time, UTC and GMT offset, daylight saving details, related time zones, and popular time converter links.

Chatham Island Standard Time

Offset: CHAST is 12 hours and 45 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: New Zealand

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CHAST time zone is Waitangi in New Zealand, with about 140 people.

Map of the areas on Chatham Island Standard Time (CHAST)
CHAST part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC+13:45.

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Chatham Island Daylight Time (CHADT).

123456789101112End: Chatham Island Standard Time (CHAST) ended on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 2:45 am02:45 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, September 27, 2026, 3:45 am03:45 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of September.

123456789101112Start: Chatham Island Standard Time (CHAST) starts on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 3:45 am03:45 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 2:45 am02:45. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

See New Zealand daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CHAST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +1245 - basic
  • +12:45 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1245 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (12) and minutes (45) of the offset. Indicates an offset of twelve hours and forty-five minutes to the east of the zero meridian.