IST to EDT Converter

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Eastern Standard Time
So 4:00 pm16:00 in IST is 5:30 am05:30 in EST

4:00 pm16:00 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
5:30 am05:30 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

4:00 pm16:00 IST / 5:30 am05:30 EST

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries: It is used in following countries: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Mumbai from India with population about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in the area are Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai

Daylight Saving: India Standard Time (IST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore IST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, India Standard Time remains the same

IST representations, usage and related time zones

• +0530 - basic
• +05:30 - extended

• +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates five hour and thirty minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.

• 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

Eastern Daylight Time

Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens

Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places adjust time for one hour back and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).

End: EDT ended and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, 01 November 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

Start: EDT starts and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, 14 March 2021, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

French: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est

Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EDT representations, usage and related time zones

• -04 - basic short
• -0400 - basic
• -04:00 - extended

• -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates four hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

• Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
• Q - short form of 'Quebec'

• America/Detroit
• America/Fort_Wayne
• America/Grand_Turk
• America/Indiana/Indianapolis
• America/Indiana/Marengo
• America/Indiana/Petersburg
• America/Indiana/Vevay
• America/Indiana/Vincennes
• America/Indiana/Winamac
• America/Indianapolis
• America/Iqaluit
• America/Kentucky/Louisville
• America/Kentucky/Monticello
• America/Louisville
• America/Montreal
• America/Nassau
• America/New_York
• America/Nipigon
• America/Pangnirtung
• America/Port-au-Prince
• America/Thunder_Bay
• America/Toronto
• Canada/Eastern
• EST5EDT
• US/East-Indiana
• US/Eastern
• US/Michigan

Time zones with the GMT -4 offset:

• AST - Atlantic Standard Time
• EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
• AMT - Amazon Time
• BOT - Bolivia Time
• CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
• CLT - Chile Standard Time
• FKT - Falkland Island Time
• GYT - Guyana Time
• PYT - Paraguay Time
• Q - Quebec Time Zone
• VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
• -04 -