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IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
BMT
Biel Mean Time
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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IST and BMT examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and BMT (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of BMT.

How the time difference changes

IST is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of BMT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 4:30 am to 12:30 pm in BMT.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Biel Mean Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 1:00 pm13:00 in BMT

IST to BMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1:30pm-5pm in IST which corresponds to 9am-12:30pm in BMT

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Biel Mean Time (BMT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 1:00 pm13:00 BMT

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

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.

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

Biel Mean Time

Offset: BMT is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Tunisia, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BMT time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.

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

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: Biel Mean Time (BMT) started on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Biel Mean Time (BMT) ends on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

BMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for BMT
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • 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