IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
Time Difference
India Standard Time is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of British Summer Time
4:30 pm16:30 in IST is 12:00 pm12:00 in BST
IST to BST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12:30pm-6pm in IST which corresponds to 8am-1:30pm in BST
4:30 pm16:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
12:00 pm12:00 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
4:30 pm16:30 IST / 12:00 pm12:00 BST
| IST | BST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 7:30 pm |
| 1am | 8:30 pm |
| 2am | 9:30 pm |
| 3am | 10:30 pm |
| 4am | 11:30 pm |
| 5am | 12:30 am |
| 6am | 1:30 am |
| 7am | 2:30 am |
| 8am | 3:30 am |
| 9am | 4:30 am |
| 10am | 5:30 am |
| 11am | 6:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 7:30 am |
| 1pm | 8:30 am |
| 2pm | 9:30 am |
| 3pm | 10:30 am |
| 4pm | 11:30 am |
| 5pm | 12:30 pm |
| 6pm | 1:30 pm |
| 7pm | 2:30 pm |
| 8pm | 3:30 pm |
| 9pm | 4:30 pm |
| 10pm | 5:30 pm |
| 11pm | 6:30 pm |
| 0:00 | 19:30 |
| 1:00 | 20:30 |
| 2:00 | 21:30 |
| 3:00 | 22:30 |
| 4:00 | 23:30 |
| 5:00 | 0:30 |
| 6:00 | 1:30 |
| 7:00 | 2:30 |
| 8:00 | 3:30 |
| 9:00 | 4:30 |
| 10:00 | 5:30 |
| 11:00 | 6:30 |
| 12:00 | 7:30 |
| 13:00 | 8:30 |
| 14:00 | 9:30 |
| 15:00 | 10:30 |
| 16:00 | 11:30 |
| 17:00 | 12:30 |
| 18:00 | 13:30 |
| 19:00 | 14:30 |
| 20:00 | 15:30 |
| 21:00 | 16:30 |
| 22:00 | 17:30 |
| 23:00 | 18:30 |
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries: It is used in following countries: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Mumbai from India with population about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in the area are Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai
Daylight Saving: India Standard Time (IST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore IST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, India Standard Time remains the same
IST representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates five hour and thirty minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
- Iran Standard Time - UTC +3:30
British Summer Time
Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: Britain (UK), Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST timezone is London from United Kingdom with population about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in the area are Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Saint Helier
Daylight Saving: British Summer Time (BST) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Start: British Summer Time (BST) started on Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 1:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 31, 2024, 2:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on last Sunday of March
End: British Summer Time (BST) ends on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 27, 2024, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on last Sunday of October
BST representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects BST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
BST Abbreviation: Several time zones share BST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
- British Summer Time - UTC +1
- Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
- Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
- Brasilia Standard Time - UTC -3
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time
