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IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
GAMT
Gambier Time
GMT -9
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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IST and GAMT examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and GAMT (UTC-9). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 14 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GAMT.

How the time difference changes

IST is 14 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GAMT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 6:30 pm (previous day) to 2:30 am in GAMT.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 14 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Gambier Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 3:00 am03:00 in GAMT

IST to GAMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am in IST which corresponds to 5:30pm-6:30pm in GAMT (previous day)

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
3:00 am03:00 Gambier Time (GAMT). Offset UTC -9:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 3:00 am03:00 GAMT

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

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

Gambier Time

Offset: GAMT is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: French Polynesia

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

GAMT Time Zone Geo Map
GAMT timezone map

GAMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -09 - basic short
  • -0900 - basic
  • -09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0900 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Victor - Military abbreviation for GAMT
  • V - short form of 'Victor'
Time zones with the GMT -9 offset:
  • AKST - Alaska Standard Time
  • AHDT - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
  • HADT - Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time
  • GAMT - Gambier Time
  • HDT - Hawaii Daylight Time
  • V - Victor Time Zone