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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 30, 2026 = 10:30 pm22:30 ACDT (UTC+10:30), Oct 30, 2026

IST is 5 hours behind ACDT.

IST and ACDT examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and ACDT (UTC+10:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 5 hours behind ACDT.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, IST is 4 hours behind ACST or IST is 5 hours behind ACDT.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm in ACST or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in ACDT.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 13:00 to 22:00 in ACST or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 in ACDT.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 5 hours behind Australian Central Daylight Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 10:30 pm22:30 in ACDT

IST to ACDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in IST which corresponds to 2pm-6pm14:00-18:00 in ACDT

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
10:30 pm22:30 Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT). Offset UTC +10:30 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 10:30 pm22:30 ACDT

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India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad.

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.

Current time in India: India time now

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

Australian Central Daylight Time

Offset: ACDT is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ACDT time zone is Adelaide in Australia, with about 1.469 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mount Gambier, Mount Barker, Whyalla, Gawler.

Map of the areas on Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT)
ACDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on ACDT.

Daylight Saving: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Australian Central Standard Time (ACST).

123456789101112Start: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) started on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Sunday of October.

123456789101112End: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) ends on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 2:00 am02:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of April.

See Australia daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

ACDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +1030 - basic
  • +10:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1030 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects ACDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Australia/Adelaide
  • Australia/Broken_Hill
  • Australia/South
  • Australia/Yancowinna
Time zones with the GMT +10:30 offset:
  • ACDT - Australian Central Daylight Time
  • LHST - Lord Howe Standard Time