-04:00 to IST Converter
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8:00 am08:00 -04:00 (UTC-4), Nov 4, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Nov 4, 2026
-04:00 is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.
-04:00 and IST examples
These examples always use -04:00 (UTC-4) and IST (UTC+5:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
-04:00 is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.
How the time difference changes
-04:00 is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind IST year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in -04:00 correspond to 6:30 pm to 3:30 am (next day) in IST.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in -04:00 correspond to 18:30 to 03:30 (next day) in IST.
Compare -04:00 time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
-04:00 GMT is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
8:00 am08:00 in -04:00 is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
-04:00 to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in -04:00 which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in IST. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
8:00 am08:00 -04:00 GMT (-04:00). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
8:00 am08:00 -04:00 / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
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-04:00 GMT
Offset: -04:00 is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Caribbean Netherlands, Chile, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, US Virgin Islands, Venezuela
Principal Cities: The largest city in the -04:00 time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago, Caracas, Toronto, Manaus.
Daylight Saving: Some places on -04:00 GMT (-04:00) keep the same time all year, while others use -04:00 for only part of the year and change their clocks for daylight saving time; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC−5 (EST) or UTC−3.
-04:00 representations, usage and related time zones
- -04 - basic short
- -0400 - basic
- -04:00 - extended
- -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Quebec - Military abbreviation for -04:00
- Q - short form of 'Quebec'
- AST - Atlantic Standard Time
- EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
- AMT - Amazon Time
- BOT - Bolivia Time
- CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
- CLT - Chile Standard Time
- GYT - Guyana Time
- HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
- Q - Quebec Time Zone
- VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad.
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; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Current time in India: India time now
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +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.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2