India
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UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
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Compare Chennai time with UTC time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

IST (India Standard Time) is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Universal Time Coordinated
5:30 pm17:30 in Chennai, India is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC

Chennai to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2:30pm-5pm in Chennai which corresponds to 9am-11:30am in UTC

5:30 pm17:30 IST (India Standard Time) (Chennai, India). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 Chennai, India / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC

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

Chennai Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
IST - India Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+5:30 hours during India Standard Time, currently in use.

Chennai Facts

Country
India
Alternative Names
Cenaj, Cenajo, Cenajus, Cenay, Cennai, Cennaj, Chehnai, Chenaj, Chennai, Chennai - cennai, Chennai - சென்னை, Chennaj, Csennai, MAA, Maderaspatanum, Madras, Madrás, Tamizhagam, Tamulinadu, Tsennai, cen ni, cena'i, cenna'i, cennai, chen'nai, chenai, chennai, chnay, chnayy, chynay, chynayy, jin nai, qing nai, tshynay, znʼy, Çenay, Çennai, Ćennaj, Ĉenajo, Čenaj, Čenajus, Čennai, Čennaí, Τσεννάι, Ченай, Ченај, Ченнаи, Ченнай, Ченнаї, Чэнаі, Չեննայ, צנאי, تشيناي, چنائی, چنای, چينای, چینائی, चेन्नई, चेन्नै, চেন্নাই, ਚੇਨਈ, ચેન્નઈ, ଚେନ୍ନାଇ, சென்னை, చెన్నై, ಚೆನ್ನೈ, ചെന്നൈ, චෙන්නායි, เจนไน, ချန်နိုင်းမြို့, ჩენაი, チェンナイ, 清奈, 金奈, 첸나이
Population
4,328,063
Currency
Rupee (INR)
Geographic Coordinates
13° 05' N Latitude / 80° 16' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+91

Universal Time Coordinated

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

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC 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 UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
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