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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 14, 2026 = 6:30 pm18:30 CCT (UTC+6:30), Oct 14, 2026

IST is 1 hour behind CCT.

IST and CCT examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and CCT (UTC+6:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 1 hour behind CCT.

How the time difference changes

IST is 1 hour behind CCT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in CCT.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in CCT.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 1 hour behind Cocos Islands Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 6:30 pm18:30 in CCT

IST to CCT 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 CCT

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
6:30 pm18:30 Cocos Islands Time (CCT). Offset UTC +6:30 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 6:30 pm18:30 CCT

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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.

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

Cocos Islands Time

Offset: CCT is 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CCT time zone is West Island in the Cocos Islands, with about 120 people.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Cocos Islands Time (CCT) do not change for daylight saving time, so CCT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CCT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0630 - basic
  • +06:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0630 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
Time zones with the GMT +6:30 offset:
  • CCT - Cocos Islands Time
  • MMT - Myanmar Time