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EEST/EET
Eastern European Summer Time
GMT +3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Eastern Europe is on summer time: EEST (UTC+3) until Sun, Oct 25.
IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

3:00 pm15:00 EEST (UTC+3), Oct 8, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 8, 2026

EEST is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

EET and IST examples

These examples always use EET (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.

EET is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EEST is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. At other times of the year, EET is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EEST correspond to 11:30 am to 7:30 pm in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EET correspond to 12:30 pm to 8:30 pm in IST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EEST correspond to 11:30 to 19:30 in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EET correspond to 12:30 to 20:30 in IST.

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

Time Difference

Eastern European Summer Time is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
3:00 pm15:00 in EEST is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

EEST to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2:30pm09:00-14:30 in EEST which corresponds to 11:30am-5pm11:30-17:00 in IST

3:00 pm15:00 Eastern European Summer Time (EEST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

3:00 pm15:00 EEST / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

EESTIST
12:00am2:30am
1:00am3:30am
2:00am4:30am
3:00am5:30am
4:00am6:30am
5:00am7:30am
6:00am8:30am
7:00am9:30am
8:00am10:30am
9:00am11:30am
10:00am12:30pm
11:00am1:30pm
12:00pm2:30pm
1:00pm3:30pm
2:00pm4:30pm
3:00pm5:30pm
4:00pm6:30pm
5:00pm7:30pm
6:00pm8:30pm
7:00pm9:30pm
8:00pm10:30pm
9:00pm11:30pm
10:00pm12:30am
11:00pm1:30am
00:0002:30
01:0003:30
02:0004:30
03:0005:30
04:0006:30
05:0007:30
06:0008:30
07:0009:30
08:0010:30
09:0011:30
10:0012:30
11:0013:30
12:0014:30
13:0015:30
14:0016:30
15:0017:30
16:0018:30
17:0019:30
18:0020:30
19:0021:30
20:0022:30
21:0023:30
22:0000:30
23:0001:30

Eastern European Time

Offset: EET is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Åland Islands, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Lebanon, Lithuania, Latvia, Libya, Moldova, Palestine, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EET time zone is Cairo in Egypt, with about 9.607 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Alexandria, Kiev, Al Jizah, Beirut.

German: OEZ - Osteuropäische Zeit

EET Time Zone Geo Map
EET timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: Eastern European Time (EET) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 4:00 am04:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: Eastern European Time (EET) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 4:00 am04:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EET 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 east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for EET
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EET time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Cairo
  • Africa/Tripoli
  • Asia/Beirut
  • Asia/Famagusta
  • Asia/Gaza
  • Asia/Hebron
  • Asia/Nicosia
  • EET
  • Egypt
  • Europe/Athens
  • Europe/Bucharest
  • Europe/Chisinau
  • Europe/Helsinki
  • Europe/Kaliningrad
  • Europe/Kiev
  • Europe/Kyiv
  • Europe/Mariehamn
  • Europe/Nicosia
  • Europe/Riga
  • Europe/Sofia
  • Europe/Tallinn
  • Europe/Tiraspol
  • Europe/Uzhgorod
  • Europe/Vilnius
  • Europe/Zaporozhye
  • Libya
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • 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, Chennai, Kolkata.

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 Time Zone Geo Map
IST timezone map

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