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10:00 am10:00 SGT (UTC-2), Oct 16, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 16, 2026

SGT is 7 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

SGT and IST examples

These examples always use SGT (UTC-2) 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.

SGT is 7 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

How the time difference changes

SGT Atlantic is 7 hours and 30 minutes behind IST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in SGT Atlantic correspond to 4:30 pm to 1:30 am (next day) in IST.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in SGT Atlantic correspond to 16:30 to 01:30 (next day) in IST.

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

Time Difference

South Georgia Time is 7 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
10:00 am10:00 in SGT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

SGT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10:30am09:00-10:30 in SGT which corresponds to 4:30pm-6pm16:30-18:00 in IST

10:00 am10:00 South Georgia Time (SGT). Offset UTC -2:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

10:00 am10:00 SGT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

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South Georgia Time

Offset: SGT is 2 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Principal Cities: The largest city in the SGT time zone is Grytviken in the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, with about 2 people.

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

SGT 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 west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Oscar - Military abbreviation for SGT
  • O - short form of 'Oscar'
Time zones with the GMT -2 offset:
  • PMDT - Pierre & Miquelon Daylight Time
  • WGT - West Greenland Time
  • BRST - Brasilia Summer Time
  • FNT - Fernando de Noronha Time
  • O - Oscar Time Zone
  • UYST - Uruguay Summer 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.

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