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IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
HST/HADT
Hawaii Standard Time
GMT -10
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
HADT is not used on this date
This converter uses HST (GMT -10), the offset Adak uses on this date. Open the HST converter.

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IST and HADT examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and HADT (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 HADT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, IST is 14 hours and 30 minutes ahead of HADT. At other times of the year, IST is 15 hours and 30 minutes ahead of HST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 6:30 pm (previous day) to 2:30 am in HADT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 5:30 pm (previous day) to 1:30 am in HST.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 15 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Hawaii Standard Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 2:00 am02:00 in HST

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

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
2:00 am02:00 Hawaii Standard Time (HST). Offset UTC -10:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 2:00 am02:00 HST

ISTHST
12am (midnight)8:30 am
1am9:30 am
2am10:30 am
3am11:30 am
4am12:30 pm
5am1:30 pm
6am2:30 pm
7am3:30 pm
8am4:30 pm
9am5:30 pm
10am6:30 pm
11am7:30 pm
12pm (noon)8:30 pm
1pm9:30 pm
2pm10:30 pm
3pm11:30 pm
4pm12:30 am
5pm1:30 am
6pm2:30 am
7pm3:30 am
8pm4:30 am
9pm5:30 am
10pm6:30 am
11pm7:30 am
00:0008:30
01:0009:30
02:0010:30
03:0011:30
04:0012:30
05:0013:30
06:0014:30
07:0015:30
08:0016:30
09:0017:30
10:0018:30
11:0019:30
12:0020:30
13:0021:30
14:0022:30
15:0023:30
16:0000:30
17:0001:30
18:0002:30
19:0003:30
20:0004:30
21:0005:30
22:0006:30
23:0007:30

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

Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time

Offset: HADT is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Daylight Saving: Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time (HADT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HAST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time (HADT) ended on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time (HADT) starts on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March

HADT 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 HADT
  • 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