New Year Countdown 2028 (NZST)
What is the NZST countdown to 2028?
This tool provides an exact, synchronized countdown to the moment the clock strikes midnight in NZST. You can also check the current local time in NZST or view our full list of countries.
Unlike generic timers, this page is hard-locked to this specific region, making it perfect for coordinating New Year's celebrations specifically for this location. Need to coordinate across borders? Use our Meeting Planner to find the best time.
How many hours ahead or behind UTC is NZST?
Time Zone: NZST — New Zealand Standard Time. UTC Offset: UTC+13:00. Local Time: 2028-01-01 00:00 → UTC: 2027-12-31 11:00.
Major Cities
Auckland, Christchurch, Manukau City, Wellington, North Shore, Tauranga, Dunedin, Lower Hutt, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Napier, Rotorua.
Countries
Antarctica, New Zealand.
IANA Time Zones
Antarctica/McMurdo, Antarctica/South_Pole, NZ, Pacific/Auckland.
Common Use Cases
- New Year's Eve Parties: Connect your laptop to a TV or projector and click Fullscreen. The large, high-contrast digits create the perfect centerpiece for your countdown party in the NZST zone.
- Live Streaming: Streamers can use this distraction-free timer as an overlay. The "Black Theme" is easily keyed out or used as a background source. Check out our Free Clock Widgets if you want to embed a clock directly on your own site.
- Global Coordination: Coordinate simultaneous events. Since our clock syncs with a central server, everyone sees the exact same second tick down. Verify your synchronization against Unix Time.
About Time Precision
This countdown runs in sync with atomic clocks. To learn more about how time is calculated globally, read our guide on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or explore IANA Time Zones.
New Year Countdown 2028: Questions
How many days until New Year 2028?
The counter at the top of this page answers that live, to the second. It runs down to midnight on 31 December 2027 in your own time zone, so the number you see is the time left where you actually are rather than in some fixed location.
When exactly does the countdown to 2028 end?
At 00:00 on 1 January 2028 local time. Midnight is not a single worldwide moment: Kiribati at UTC+14 gets there first and Baker Island at UTC-12 is last, so New Year 2028 takes about 26 hours to sweep around the planet.
Can I see the New Year 2028 countdown for another time zone?
Yes. Pick any zone from the list further down this page and you get a countdown hard-locked to midnight there, which is what you want when you are counting down with family or colleagues somewhere else.
Is this New Year countdown clock accurate?
It is. The clock synchronises its seconds against our time servers instead of trusting the device clock, so it does not drift even if your computer or phone is running slightly fast or slow.
Can I use this countdown at a party or on a live stream?
That is what the fullscreen button is for. The digits scale to fill a TV or projector, and the dark theme keys out cleanly if you are compositing it into a stream as an overlay.
Popular Countdowns
Countdown to 2028 in other time zones
At 00:00 on 1 January 2028 local time. Midnight is not a single worldwide moment: Kiribati at UTC+14 gets there first and Baker Island at UTC-12 is last, so New Year 2028 takes about 26 hours to sweep around the planet.
Countdown Location
Select a location below to view the specific countdown to midnight in that region:
Broken Hill, South, Yancowinna 18:35 AdelaideACST — Australian Central Standard Time · Australia/Adelaide
Broken Hill, Darwin, North, South 18:35 Glace BayADT — Atlantic Daylight Time · America/Glace_Bay
Goose Bay, Halifax, Moncton, Thule 04:05 MacquarieAEDT — Australian Eastern Daylight Time · Antarctica/Macquarie
ACT, Canberra, Currie, Hobart 19:05 MacquarieAEST — Australian Eastern Standard Time · Antarctica/Macquarie
ACT, Brisbane, Canberra, Currie 19:05 AnchorageAKDT — Alaska Daylight Time · America/Anchorage
Juneau, Metlakatla, Nome, Sitka 23:05 AnchorageAKST — Alaska Standard Time · America/Anchorage
Juneau, Metlakatla, Nome, Sitka 23:05 AnguillaAST — Atlantic Standard Time · America/Anguilla
Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Blanc-Sablon 04:05 PerthAWST — Australian Western Standard Time · Australia/Perth
West 16:05 BelfastBST — British Summer Time · Europe/Belfast
Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, London 08:05 BlantyreCAT — Central Africa Time · Africa/Blantyre
Bujumbura, Gaborone, Harare, Juba 10:05 ChicagoCDT — Central Daylight Time · America/Chicago
Knox, Tell City, Knox IN, Matamoros 02:05 HavanaCDT — Cuba Daylight Time · America/Havana
Cuba 03:05 CeutaCEST — Central European Summer Time · Africa/Ceuta
Longyearbyen, Jan Mayen, CET, Amsterdam 09:05 AlgiersCET — Central European Time · Africa/Algiers
Ceuta, Tunis, Longyearbyen, Jan Mayen 09:05 GuamChST — Chamorro Standard Time · Pacific/Guam
Saipan 18:05 ChongqingCST — China Standard Time · Asia/Chongqing
Chungking, Harbin, Macao, Macau 16:05 HavanaCST — Cuba Standard Time · America/Havana
Cuba 03:05 Bahia BanderasCST — Central Standard Time · America/Bahia_Banderas
Belize, Chicago, Chihuahua, Costa Rica 02:05 Addis AbabaEAT — East Africa Time · Africa/Addis_Ababa
Asmara, Asmera, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti 11:05 DetroitEDT — Eastern Daylight Time · America/Detroit
Fort Wayne, Grand Turk, Indianapolis, Marengo 03:05 BeirutEEST — Eastern European Summer Time · Asia/Beirut
Famagusta, Gaza, Hebron, Nicosia 10:05 CairoEET — Eastern European Time · Africa/Cairo
Tripoli, Beirut, Famagusta, Gaza 10:05 AtikokanEST — Eastern Standard Time · America/Atikokan
Cancun, Cayman, Coral Harbour, Detroit 03:05 AbidjanGMT — Greenwich Mean Time · Africa/Abidjan
Accra, Bamako, Banjul, Bissau 08:05 AdakHDT — Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time · America/Adak
Atka, Aleutian 22:05 Hong KongHKT — Hong Kong Time · Asia/Hong_Kong
Hongkong 16:05 AdakHST — Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time · America/Adak
Atka, HST, Honolulu, Johnston 22:05 JerusalemIDT — Israel Daylight Time · Asia/Jerusalem
Tel Aviv, Israel 10:05 EireIST — Irish Standard Time · Eire
Dublin 08:05 JerusalemIST — Israel Standard Time · Asia/Jerusalem
Tel Aviv, Israel 10:05 CalcuttaIST — Indian Standard Time · Asia/Calcutta
Kolkata 13:35 TokyoJST — Japan Standard Time · Asia/Tokyo
Japan 17:05 PyongyangKST — Korea Standard Time · Asia/Pyongyang
Seoul, ROK 17:05 BoiseMDT — Mountain Daylight Time · America/Boise
Cambridge Bay, Ciudad Juarez, Denver, Edmonton 01:05 METMEST — Middle European Summer Time · MET 09:05 METMET — Middle European Time · MET 09:05 MoscowMSK — Moscow Standard Time · Europe/Moscow
Simferopol, W-SU 11:05 BoiseMST — Mountain Standard Time · America/Boise
Cambridge Bay, Ciudad Juarez, Creston, Dawson 01:05 St JohnsNDT — Newfoundland Daylight Time · America/St_Johns
Newfoundland 04:35 St JohnsNST — Newfoundland Standard Time · America/St_Johns
Newfoundland 04:35 McMurdoNZDT — New Zealand Daylight Time · Antarctica/McMurdo
South Pole, NZ, Auckland 21:05 McMurdoNZST — New Zealand Standard Time · Antarctica/McMurdo
South Pole, NZ, Auckland 21:05 VancouverPCT — Pacific Time · America/Vancouver
Pacific 01:05 EnsenadaPDT — Pacific Daylight Time · America/Ensenada
Los Angeles, Santa Isabel, Tijuana, BajaNorte 00:05 KarachiPKT — Pakistan Standard Time · Asia/Karachi 13:05 ManilaPST — Philippine Standard Time · Asia/Manila 16:05 EnsenadaPST — Pacific Standard Time · America/Ensenada
Los Angeles, Santa Isabel, Tijuana, BajaNorte 00:05 JohannesburgSAST — South African Standard Time · Africa/Johannesburg
Maseru, Mbabane 10:05 MidwaySST — Samoa Standard Time · Pacific/Midway
Pago Pago, Samoa 21:05 UCTUTC — Coordinated Universal Time · Etc/UCT
UTC, Universal, Zulu 08:05 BanguiWAT — West Africa Time · Africa/Bangui
Brazzaville, Douala, Kinshasa, Lagos 09:05 CanaryWEST — Western European Summer Time · Atlantic/Canary
Faeroe, Faroe, Madeira, Lisbon 08:05 CanaryWET — Western European Time · Atlantic/Canary
Faeroe, Faroe, Madeira, Lisbon 08:05 JakartaWIB — Waktu Indonesia Barat (Western Indonesian Time) · Asia/Jakarta
Pontianak 15:05 JayapuraWIT — Waktu Indonesia Timur (Eastern Indonesian Time) · Asia/Jayapura 17:05 MakassarWITA — Waktu Indonesia Tengah (Central Indonesian Time) · Asia/Makassar
Ujung Pandang 16:05