AST Arabia to IRST
Quick answers
AST is 30 minutes behind IRST. AST uses GMT +3, and IRST uses GMT +3:30 for this comparison.
For example, 3:00 pm AST is 3:30 pm IRST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 9am-4:30pm AST, which is 9:30am-5pm IRST.
Compare AST time with IRST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Arabia Standard Time is 0 hours and 30 minutes behind Iran Standard Time
3:00 pm15:00 in AST is 3:30 pm15:30 in IRST
AST to IRST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4:30pm in AST which corresponds to 9:30am-5pm in IRST
3:00 pm15:00 Arabia Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
3:30 pm15:30 Iran Standard Time (IRST). Offset UTC +3:30 hours
3:00 pm15:00 AST / 3:30 pm15:30 IRST
| AST | IRST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 12:30 am |
| 1am | 1:30 am |
| 2am | 2:30 am |
| 3am | 3:30 am |
| 4am | 4:30 am |
| 5am | 5:30 am |
| 6am | 6:30 am |
| 7am | 7:30 am |
| 8am | 8:30 am |
| 9am | 9:30 am |
| 10am | 10:30 am |
| 11am | 11:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 12:30 pm |
| 1pm | 1:30 pm |
| 2pm | 2:30 pm |
| 3pm | 3:30 pm |
| 4pm | 4:30 pm |
| 5pm | 5:30 pm |
| 6pm | 6:30 pm |
| 7pm | 7:30 pm |
| 8pm | 8:30 pm |
| 9pm | 9:30 pm |
| 10pm | 10:30 pm |
| 11pm | 11:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 00:30 |
| 01:00 | 01:30 |
| 02:00 | 02:30 |
| 03:00 | 03:30 |
| 04:00 | 04:30 |
| 05:00 | 05:30 |
| 06:00 | 06:30 |
| 07:00 | 07:30 |
| 08:00 | 08:30 |
| 09:00 | 09:30 |
| 10:00 | 10:30 |
| 11:00 | 11:30 |
| 12:00 | 12:30 |
| 13:00 | 13:30 |
| 14:00 | 14:30 |
| 15:00 | 15:30 |
| 16:00 | 16:30 |
| 17:00 | 17:30 |
| 18:00 | 18:30 |
| 19:00 | 19:30 |
| 20:00 | 20:30 |
| 21:00 | 21:30 |
| 22:00 | 22:30 |
| 23:00 | 23:30 |
Arabia Standard Time
Offset: AST is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Saudi Arabia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST time zone is Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, with about 4.206 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Jeddah, Mecca, Medina, Sultanah.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Arabia Standard Time (AST) do not change for daylight saving time, so AST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

AST representations, usage and related time zones
- +03 - basic short
- +0300 - basic
- +03:00 - extended
- +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Charlie - Military abbreviation for AST
- C - short form of 'Charlie'
- Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
- Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
- EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
- MSK - Moscow Standard Time
- AST - Arabia Standard Time
- C - Charlie Time Zone
- EAT - Eastern Africa Time
- FET - Further Eastern European Time
- IDT - Israel Daylight Time
- TRT - Turkey Time
Iran Standard Time
Offset: IRST is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Iran
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IRST time zone is Tehran in Iran, with about 7.153 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Tabriz.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Iran Standard Time (IRST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IRST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

IRST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0330 - basic
- +03:30 - extended
- +0330 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
