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GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
GMT +0
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9am
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The United Kingdom is on summer time: BST (UTC+1) until Sun, Oct 25.

Iceland and Ghana stay on GMT (UTC+0).

EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
Indiana, USA
EDT
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9am
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9pm

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Selected conversion

12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Oct 11, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 11, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 11, 2026

GMT is 4 hours ahead of EDT. GMT is 4 hours ahead of Indianapolis.

How the time difference changes

GMT to EST

For most of the year, GMT is 4 hours ahead of EDT. At other times of the year, GMT is 5 hours ahead of EST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT correspond to 4:00 am to 12:00 pm in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT correspond to 05:00 to 13:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT correspond to 04:00 to 12:00 in EST.

GMT to Indianapolis

For most of the year, GMT is 4 hours ahead of Indianapolis. At other times of the year, GMT is 5 hours ahead of Indianapolis.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm in Indianapolis. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT correspond to 4:00 am to 12:00 pm in Indianapolis.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT correspond to 05:00 to 13:00 in Indianapolis. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT correspond to 04:00 to 12:00 in Indianapolis.

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

Time Difference

Greenwich Mean Time is 4 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time. Greenwich Mean Time is 4 hours ahead of EDT (Eastern Daylight Time).
12:00 pm12:00 in GMT is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT and is 8:00 am08:00 in Indianapolis, IN, USA

GMT to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-5pm13:00-17:00 in GMT which corresponds to 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in EDT
GMT to Indianapolis call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-5pm13:00-17:00 in GMT which corresponds to 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in Indianapolis

12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) (Indianapolis, IN, USA). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

12:00 pm12:00 GMT / 8:00 am08:00 EDT / 8:00 am08:00 Indianapolis, IN, USA

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

Greenwich Mean Time

Offset: GMT is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Britain (UK), Guernsey, Ghana, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Dakar, Kumasi.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.

GMT Time Zone Geo Map
GMT timezone map

GMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects GMT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Abidjan
  • Africa/Accra
  • Africa/Bamako
  • Africa/Banjul
  • Africa/Bissau
  • Africa/Conakry
  • Africa/Dakar
  • Africa/Freetown
  • Africa/Lome
  • Africa/Monrovia
  • Africa/Nouakchott
  • Africa/Ouagadougou
  • Africa/Sao_Tome
  • Africa/Timbuktu
  • America/Danmarkshavn
  • Atlantic/Reykjavik
  • Atlantic/St_Helena
  • Eire
  • Etc/GMT
  • Etc/GMT+0
  • Etc/GMT-0
  • Etc/GMT0
  • Etc/Greenwich
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Dublin
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
  • GMT
  • GMT+0
  • GMT-0
  • GMT0
  • Greenwich
  • Iceland
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EST Time Zone Geo Map
EST 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 Daylight Time (EDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Atikokan
  • America/Cancun
  • America/Cayman
  • America/Coral_Harbour
  • America/Detroit
  • America/Fort_Wayne
  • America/Grand_Turk
  • America/Indiana/Indianapolis
  • America/Indiana/Marengo
  • America/Indiana/Petersburg
  • America/Indiana/Vevay
  • America/Indiana/Vincennes
  • America/Indiana/Winamac
  • America/Indianapolis
  • America/Iqaluit
  • America/Jamaica
  • America/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Louisville
  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Panama
  • America/Pangnirtung
  • America/Port-au-Prince
  • America/Thunder_Bay
  • America/Toronto
  • Canada/Eastern
  • EST
  • EST5EDT
  • Jamaica
  • US/East-Indiana
  • US/Eastern
  • US/Michigan
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone

Indianapolis Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
EST - Eastern Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-4:00 hours during Eastern Daylight Time, currently in use.
-5:00 hours during Eastern Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 02:00 local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 03:00 local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves backward for one hourSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00 local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 01:00 local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Indianapolis Facts

Country
USA
State
Indiana
Alternative Names
IND, Indianapoles, Indianapoli, Indianapolis, Indianapolisa, Indianapolės, Indianapòlis, Indianàpolis, Indianápolis, Indijanapolis, Indiyanapolis, Indyjanapalis, andyanabwlys, ayndyanapwlys, idi'anapolisa, indiaenapolliseu, indianaporisu, indiyanapolis, indiyanapolisa, intiyanapolis, xin deiy næ pho lis, yin di an na bo li si, İndianapolis, Ινδιανάπολη, Індыянапаліс, Індіанаполіс, Индианаполис, Индијанаполис, Ինդիանապոլիս, אינדיאנאפאליס, אינדיאנפוליס, إنديانابوليس, انڈیاناپولس, انڈیاناپولس، انڈیانا, ایندیاناپولیس, इंडियानापोलिस, इन्डियानापोलिस, इन्डियानापोलिस्, इन्दियानापोलिस, ইন্ডিয়ানাপোলিস, ਇੰਡੀਆਨਾਪੋਲਿਸ, இண்டியானாபொலிஸ், อินเดียแนโพลิส, ინდიანაპოლისი, ኢንዲያናፖሊስ, インディアナポリス, 印第安納波利斯, 인디애나폴리스
Population
887,642
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
39° 46' N Latitude / 86° 09' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1