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IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
ICT
Indochina Time
GMT +7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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IST and ICT examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and ICT (UTC+7). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind ICT.

How the time difference changes

IST is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind ICT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 10:30 am to 6:30 pm in ICT.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes behind Indochina Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 7:00 pm19:00 in ICT

IST to ICT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3:30pm in IST which corresponds to 10:30am-5pm in ICT

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
7:00 pm19:00 Indochina Time (ICT). Offset UTC +7:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 7:00 pm19:00 ICT

ISTICT
12am (midnight)1:30 am
1am2:30 am
2am3:30 am
3am4:30 am
4am5:30 am
5am6:30 am
6am7:30 am
7am8:30 am
8am9:30 am
9am10:30 am
10am11:30 am
11am12:30 pm
12pm (noon)1:30 pm
1pm2:30 pm
2pm3:30 pm
3pm4:30 pm
4pm5:30 pm
5pm6:30 pm
6pm7:30 pm
7pm8:30 pm
8pm9:30 pm
9pm10:30 pm
10pm11:30 pm
11pm12:30 am
00:0001:30
01:0002:30
02:0003:30
03:0004:30
04:0005:30
05:0006:30
06:0007:30
07:0008:30
08:0009:30
09:0010:30
10:0011:30
11:0012:30
12:0013:30
13:0014:30
14:0015:30
15:0016:30
16:0017:30
17:0018:30
18:0019:30
19:0020:30
20:0021:30
21:0022:30
22:0023:30
23:0000:30

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

Indochina Time

Offset: ICT is 7 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Thailand

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ICT time zone is Bangkok in Thailand, with about 5.104 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Samut Prakan, Mueang Nonthaburi, Chon Buri, Udon Thani.

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

ICT Time Zone Geo Map
ICT timezone map

ICT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +07 - basic short
  • +0700 - basic
  • +07:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0700 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Golf - Military abbreviation for ICT
  • G - short form of 'Golf'
Time zones with the GMT +7 offset:
  • CXT - Christmas Island Time
  • DAVT - Davis Time
  • G - Golf Time Zone
  • HOVT - Hovd Time
  • ICT - Indochina Time
  • KRAT - Krasnoyarsk Time
  • NOVST - Novosibirsk Summer Time
  • NOVT - Novosibirsk Time
  • OMSST - Omsk Summer Time
  • WIB - Western Indonesian Time