IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
JST
Japan Standard Time
GMT +9
Finland
EEST

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Japan Standard Time and 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EEST (Eastern European Summer Time)
4:00 pm16:00 in IST is 7:30 pm19:30 in JST and is 1:30 pm13:30 in Helsinki, Finland

IST to JST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-2:30pm in IST which corresponds to 11:30am-6pm in JST
IST to Helsinki call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10:30am-6pm in IST which corresponds to 8am-3:30pm in Helsinki

4:00 pm16:00 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
7:30 pm19:30 Japan Standard Time (JST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
1:30 pm13:30 EEST (Eastern European Summer Time) (Helsinki, Finland). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

4:00 pm16:00 IST / 7:30 pm19:30 JST / 1:30 pm13:30 Helsinki, Finland

IST JST Helsinki, Finland
12am (midnight) 3:30 am 9:30 pm
1am 4:30 am 10:30 pm
2am 5:30 am 11:30 pm
3am 6:30 am 12:30 am
4am 7:30 am 1:30 am
5am 8:30 am 2:30 am
6am 9:30 am 3:30 am
7am 10:30 am 4:30 am
8am 11:30 am 5:30 am
9am 12:30 pm 6:30 am
10am 1:30 pm 7:30 am
11am 2:30 pm 8:30 am
12pm (noon) 3:30 pm 9:30 am
1pm 4:30 pm 10:30 am
2pm 5:30 pm 11:30 am
3pm 6:30 pm 12:30 pm
4pm 7:30 pm 1:30 pm
5pm 8:30 pm 2:30 pm
6pm 9:30 pm 3:30 pm
7pm 10:30 pm 4:30 pm
8pm 11:30 pm 5:30 pm
9pm 12:30 am 6:30 pm
10pm 1:30 am 7:30 pm
11pm 2:30 am 8:30 pm
0:00 3:30 21:30
1:00 4:30 22:30
2:00 5:30 23:30
3:00 6:30 0:30
4:00 7:30 1:30
5:00 8:30 2:30
6:00 9:30 3:30
7:00 10:30 4:30
8:00 11:30 5:30
9:00 12:30 6:30
10:00 13:30 7:30
11:00 14:30 8:30
12:00 15:30 9:30
13:00 16:30 10:30
14:00 17:30 11:30
15:00 18:30 12:30
16:00 19:30 13:30
17:00 20:30 14:30
18:00 21:30 15:30
19:00 22:30 16:30
20:00 23:30 17:30
21:00 0:30 18:30
22:00 1:30 19:30
23:00 2:30 20:30

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries: It is used in following countries: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Mumbai from India with population about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in the area are Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai

Daylight Saving: India Standard Time (IST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore IST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, India Standard Time remains the same

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 five hour and thirty minutes time differences 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
  • Iran Standard Time - UTC +3:30

Japan Standard Time

Offset: JST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries: It is used in following countries: Japan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the JST timezone is Tokyo from Japan with population about 8.337 million people. Other major cities in the area are Yokohama, Osaka shi, Nagoya shi, Sapporo

Daylight Saving: Japan Standard Time (JST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore JST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Japan Standard Time remains the same

JST Time Zone Geo Map
JST timezone map

JST 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 nine hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • India - Military abbreviation for JST
  • I - short form of 'India'
IANA/Olson: Reflects JST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Tokyo
  • Japan
Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:
  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time

Helsinki Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
EET - Eastern European Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during Eastern European Summer Time, currently in use.
+2:00 hours during Eastern European Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 3am to 4am Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 3:00 am local time. DST starts annually the on last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 4:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 4am to 3am Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 4:00 am local time. DST ends annually the on last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 3:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Helsinki Facts

Country
Finland
Alternative Names
Elsin'ki, Elsinki, Elzinki, Gel'sinki, HEL, Heilsinci, Heilsincí, Hel'sinki, Helsenkis, Helsingfors, Helsingi, Helsingia, Helsinki, Helsinkis, Helsinkium, Helsinko, Helsinky, Helsinqui, Helsinquia, Helsset, Helsínquia, Helsînkî, Helsėnkis, Hèlsinki, Khel'sinki, Khel'sinki osh, Khelsinki, Khelzinki, Lungsod ng Helsinki, Stadi, Xelsinki, Xélsinki, elcinki, hailasiki, he er xin ji, helasinki, helsingki, helsinki, herushinki, hlsnky, hlsnqy, hlsynky, hlsynqy, hylsynky, Èlzinki, Ħelsinki, Ελσίνκι, Гельсінкі, Хелзинки, Хелсинки, Хельсинки, Хельсинки ош, Хельсінкі, Ҳелсинкӣ, Һel'sinki, Һельсинки, Հելսինկի, הלסינקי, העלסינקי, هلسنكي, هلسنڪي, هلسینکی, هيلسينكى, هیلسینکی, ھێلسینکی, ہلسنکی, ہیلسنکی, ܗܠܣܢܩܝ, हेलसिंकी, हेल्सिन्की, হেলসিঙ্কি, ਹੈਲਸਿੰਕੀ, எல்சிங்கி, ಹೆಲ್ಸಿಂಕಿ, ഹെൽസിങ്കി, เฮลซิงกิ, ཧེལ་སིན་ཀི།, ဟယ်လ်ဆင်ကီမြို့, ჰელსინკი, ሄልሲንኪ, Ḥélsinki, ヘルシンキ, 赫尔辛基, 赫爾辛基, 헬싱키
Population
558,457
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Geographic Coordinates
60° 10' N Latitude / 24° 56' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+358