CAT to IST Converter
Quick answers
CAT is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. CAT uses GMT +2, and IST uses GMT +5:30 for this comparison.
For example, 2:00 pm CAT is 5:30 pm IST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 9am-1:30pm CAT, which is 12:30pm-5pm IST.
Compare CAT time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central Africa Time is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time
2:00 pm14:00 in CAT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
CAT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1:30pm in CAT which corresponds to 12:30pm-5pm in IST
2:00 pm14:00 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
2:00 pm14:00 CAT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
| CAT | IST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 3:30 am |
| 1am | 4:30 am |
| 2am | 5:30 am |
| 3am | 6:30 am |
| 4am | 7:30 am |
| 5am | 8:30 am |
| 6am | 9:30 am |
| 7am | 10:30 am |
| 8am | 11:30 am |
| 9am | 12:30 pm |
| 10am | 1:30 pm |
| 11am | 2:30 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 3:30 pm |
| 1pm | 4:30 pm |
| 2pm | 5:30 pm |
| 3pm | 6:30 pm |
| 4pm | 7:30 pm |
| 5pm | 8:30 pm |
| 6pm | 9:30 pm |
| 7pm | 10:30 pm |
| 8pm | 11:30 pm |
| 9pm | 12:30 am |
| 10pm | 1:30 am |
| 11pm | 2:30 am |
| 00:00 | 03:30 |
| 01:00 | 04:30 |
| 02:00 | 05:30 |
| 03:00 | 06:30 |
| 04:00 | 07:30 |
| 05:00 | 08:30 |
| 06:00 | 09:30 |
| 07:00 | 10:30 |
| 08:00 | 11:30 |
| 09:00 | 12:30 |
| 10:00 | 13:30 |
| 11:00 | 14:30 |
| 12:00 | 15:30 |
| 13:00 | 16:30 |
| 14:00 | 17:30 |
| 15:00 | 18:30 |
| 16:00 | 19:30 |
| 17:00 | 20:30 |
| 18:00 | 21:30 |
| 19:00 | 22:30 |
| 20:00 | 23:30 |
| 21:00 | 00:30 |
| 22:00 | 01:30 |
| 23:00 | 02:30 |
Central Africa Time
Offset: CAT is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries using this time zone: Burundi, Botswana, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT time zone is Khartoum in Sudan, with about 1.975 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Harare, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Omdurman.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Central Africa Time (CAT) do not change for daylight saving time, so CAT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
CAT representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +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.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for CAT
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Blantyre
- Africa/Bujumbura
- Africa/Gaborone
- Africa/Harare
- Africa/Juba
- Africa/Khartoum
- Africa/Kigali
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Africa/Lusaka
- Africa/Maputo
- Africa/Windhoek
- 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
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 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