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IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
EEST
Eastern European Summer Time
GMT +3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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IST and EEST examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and EEST (UTC+3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EEST.

How the time difference changes

IST is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EEST Africa year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 6:30 am to 2:30 pm in EEST Africa.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Eastern European Summer Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 3:00 pm15:00 in EEST

IST to EEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11:30am-5pm in IST which corresponds to 9am-2:30pm in EEST

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Eastern European Summer Time (EEST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 3:00 pm15:00 EEST

ISTEEST
12am (midnight)9:30 pm
1am10:30 pm
2am11:30 pm
3am12:30 am
4am1:30 am
5am2:30 am
6am3:30 am
7am4:30 am
8am5:30 am
9am6:30 am
10am7:30 am
11am8:30 am
12pm (noon)9:30 am
1pm10:30 am
2pm11:30 am
3pm12:30 pm
4pm1:30 pm
5pm2:30 pm
6pm3:30 pm
7pm4:30 pm
8pm5:30 pm
9pm6:30 pm
10pm7:30 pm
11pm8:30 pm
00:0021:30
01:0022:30
02:0023:30
03:0000:30
04:0001:30
05:0002:30
06:0003:30
07:0004:30
08:0005:30
09:0006:30
10:0007:30
11:0008:30
12:0009:30
13:0010:30
14:0011:30
15:0012:30
16:0013:30
17:0014:30
18:0015:30
19:0016:30
20:0017:30
21:0018:30
22:0019:30
23:0020:30

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

Eastern European Summer Time

Offset: EEST is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Åland Islands, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Lebanon, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Palestine, Romania, Ukraine

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EEST time zone is Cairo in Egypt, with about 9.607 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Alexandria, Kiev, Al Jizah, Beirut.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) do not change for daylight saving time, so EEST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

EEST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for EEST
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EEST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Cairo
  • Asia/Beirut
  • Asia/Famagusta
  • Asia/Gaza
  • Asia/Hebron
  • Asia/Nicosia
  • EET
  • Egypt
  • Europe/Athens
  • Europe/Bucharest
  • Europe/Chisinau
  • Europe/Helsinki
  • Europe/Kiev
  • Europe/Kyiv
  • Europe/Mariehamn
  • Europe/Nicosia
  • Europe/Riga
  • Europe/Sofia
  • Europe/Tallinn
  • Europe/Tiraspol
  • Europe/Uzhgorod
  • Europe/Vilnius
  • Europe/Zaporozhye
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time