IST Europe to CAT Converter
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1:00 pm13:00 IST (UTC+1), Oct 3, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CAT (UTC+2), Oct 3, 2026
IST is 1 hour behind CAT.
IST and CAT examples
These examples always use IST (UTC+1) and CAT (UTC+2). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
IST is 1 hour behind CAT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, IST Europe is 1 hour behind CAT. At other times of the year, GMT Europe is 2 hours behind CAT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST Europe correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in CAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT Europe correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in CAT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST Europe correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in CAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT Europe correspond to 11:00 to 19:00 in CAT.
Compare IST time with CAT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Irish Standard Time is 1 hour behind Central Africa Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in IST is 2:00 pm14:00 in CAT
IST to CAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in IST which corresponds to 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in CAT
1:00 pm13:00 Irish Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
2:00 pm14:00 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 IST / 2:00 pm14:00 CAT
| IST | CAT |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 1:00am |
| 1:00am | 2:00am |
| 2:00am | 3:00am |
| 3:00am | 4:00am |
| 4:00am | 5:00am |
| 5:00am | 6:00am |
| 6:00am | 7:00am |
| 7:00am | 8:00am |
| 8:00am | 9:00am |
| 9:00am | 10:00am |
| 10:00am | 11:00am |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 1:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 3:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 4:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 8:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 9:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 10:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 11:00pm | 12:00am |
| 00:00 | 01:00 |
| 01:00 | 02:00 |
| 02:00 | 03:00 |
| 03:00 | 04:00 |
| 04:00 | 05:00 |
| 05:00 | 06:00 |
| 06:00 | 07:00 |
| 07:00 | 08:00 |
| 08:00 | 09:00 |
| 09:00 | 10:00 |
| 10:00 | 11:00 |
| 11:00 | 12:00 |
| 12:00 | 13:00 |
| 13:00 | 14:00 |
| 14:00 | 15:00 |
| 15:00 | 16:00 |
| 16:00 | 17:00 |
| 17:00 | 18:00 |
| 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 19:00 | 20:00 |
| 20:00 | 21:00 |
| 21:00 | 22:00 |
| 22:00 | 23:00 |
| 23:00 | 00:00 |
Irish Standard Time
Offset: IST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Ireland
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Dublin in Ireland, with about 1.024 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cork, Luimneach, Gaillimh, Dun Laoghaire.
Daylight Saving: Irish Standard Time (IST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Start: Irish Standard Time (IST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.
End: Irish Standard Time (IST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for IST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Eire
- Europe/Dublin
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time
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 Lubumbashi in Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 2.222 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lusaka, Mbuji Mayi, Khartoum, 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; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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