IST to F Converter
Quick answers
IST is 30 minutes behind F. IST uses GMT +5:30, and F uses GMT +6 for this comparison.
For example, 5:30 pm IST is 6:00 pm F. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 9am-4:30pm IST, which is 9:30am-5pm F.
Compare IST time with F time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
India Standard Time is 0 hours and 30 minutes behind Foxtrot Time Zone
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 6:00 pm18:00 in F
IST to F call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4:30pm in IST which corresponds to 9:30am-5pm in F
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
6:00 pm18:00 Foxtrot Time Zone (F). Offset UTC +6:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 6:00 pm18:00 F
| IST | F |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 12:30 am |
| 1am | 1:30 am |
| 2am | 2:30 am |
| 3am | 3:30 am |
| 4am | 4:30 am |
| 5am | 5:30 am |
| 6am | 6:30 am |
| 7am | 7:30 am |
| 8am | 8:30 am |
| 9am | 9:30 am |
| 10am | 10:30 am |
| 11am | 11:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 12:30 pm |
| 1pm | 1:30 pm |
| 2pm | 2:30 pm |
| 3pm | 3:30 pm |
| 4pm | 4:30 pm |
| 5pm | 5:30 pm |
| 6pm | 6:30 pm |
| 7pm | 7:30 pm |
| 8pm | 8:30 pm |
| 9pm | 9:30 pm |
| 10pm | 10:30 pm |
| 11pm | 11:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 00:30 |
| 01:00 | 01:30 |
| 02:00 | 02:30 |
| 03:00 | 03:30 |
| 04:00 | 04:30 |
| 05:00 | 05:30 |
| 06:00 | 06:30 |
| 07:00 | 07:30 |
| 08:00 | 08:30 |
| 09:00 | 09:30 |
| 10:00 | 10:30 |
| 11:00 | 11:30 |
| 12:00 | 12:30 |
| 13:00 | 13:30 |
| 14:00 | 14:30 |
| 15:00 | 15:30 |
| 16:00 | 16:30 |
| 17:00 | 17:30 |
| 18:00 | 18:30 |
| 19:00 | 19:30 |
| 20:00 | 20:30 |
| 21:00 | 21:30 |
| 22:00 | 22:30 |
| 23:00 | 23:30 |
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, Kolkata, Chennai.
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 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 an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
Foxtrot Time Zone
Offset: F is 6 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Military
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Foxtrot Time Zone (F) do not change for daylight saving time, so F stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
F representations, usage and related time zones
- +06 - basic short
- +0600 - basic
- +06:00 - extended
- +0600 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Foxtrot - Military abbreviation for F
- F - short form of 'Foxtrot'
- ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
- BST - Bangladesh Standard Time
- BDT - Bangladesh Time
- BTT - Bhutan Time
- F - Foxtrot Time Zone
- IOT - Indian Chagos Time
- KGT - Kyrgyzstan Time
- OMST - Omsk Standard Time
- QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
- XJT - Xinjiang Time
- YEKST - Yekaterinburg Summer Time
