IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
MESZ
Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
MESZ is not used on this date
This converter keeps MESZ at GMT +2. Berlin uses CET (GMT +1) on this date. Open the CET converter, or choose Berlin, Madrid, or Rome for city-specific time.

Compare IST time with MESZ time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 2:00 pm14:00 in MESZ

IST to MESZ call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12:30pm-5pm in IST which corresponds to 9am-1:30pm in MESZ

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 2:00 pm14:00 MESZ

ISTMESZ
12am (midnight)8:30 pm
1am9:30 pm
2am10:30 pm
3am11:30 pm
4am12:30 am
5am1:30 am
6am2:30 am
7am3:30 am
8am4:30 am
9am5:30 am
10am6:30 am
11am7:30 am
12pm (noon)8:30 am
1pm9:30 am
2pm10:30 am
3pm11:30 am
4pm12:30 pm
5pm1:30 pm
6pm2:30 pm
7pm3:30 pm
8pm4:30 pm
9pm5:30 pm
10pm6:30 pm
11pm7:30 pm
00:0020:30
01:0021:30
02:0022:30
03:0023:30
04:0000:30
05:0001:30
06:0002:30
07:0003:30
08:0004:30
09:0005:30
10:0006:30
11:0007:30
12:0008:30
13:0009:30
14:0010:30
15:0011:30
16:0012:30
17:0013:30
18:0014:30
19:0015:30
20:0016:30
21:0017:30
22:0018:30
23:0019:30

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

IST Time Zone Geo Map
IST timezone map

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 an offset of five hours and thirty minutes 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

Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

Offset: MESZ is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MESZ time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Rome, Paris, Budapest.

Daylight Saving: Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Central European Time (CET).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 3am to 4amEnd: Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ) ended on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ) starts on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March

MESZ representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for MESZ
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time