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8:00 pm20:00 ACT (UTC+8), Oct 23, 2026 = 9:00 pm21:00 I (UTC+9), Oct 23, 2026

ACT is 1 hour behind I.

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These examples always use ACT (UTC+8) and I (UTC+9). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

ACT is 1 hour behind I.

How the time difference changes

ACT is 1 hour behind I year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in ACT correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in I.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in ACT correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in I.

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

Time Difference

ASEAN Common Time is 1 hour behind India Time Zone.
8:00 pm20:00 in ACT is 9:00 pm21:00 in I

ACT to I call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in ACT which corresponds to 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in I

8:00 pm20:00 ASEAN Common Time (ACT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 India Time Zone (I). Offset UTC +9:00 hours

8:00 pm20:00 ACT / 9:00 pm21:00 I

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ASEAN Common Time

Offset: ACT is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Daylight Saving: Clocks in ASEAN Common Time (ACT) do not change for daylight saving time, so ACT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

ACT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for ACT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time

India Time Zone

Offset: I is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, Palau, Russia, South Korea, Timor-Leste

Principal Cities: The largest city in the I time zone is Seoul in South Korea, with about 10.349 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tokyo, Yokohama, Busan, Pyongyang.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Time Zone (I) do not change for daylight saving time, so I stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

I representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • India - Military abbreviation for I
  • I - short form of 'India'
Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:
  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time