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IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
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3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
LINT
Line Islands Time
GMT +14
tomorrow
12am
3am
6am
9am
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9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 6, 2026 = 2:00 am02:00 LINT (UTC+14), Oct 7, 2026

IST is 8 hours and 30 minutes behind LINT.

IST and LINT examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and LINT (UTC+14). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 8 hours and 30 minutes behind LINT.

How the time difference changes

IST is 8 hours and 30 minutes behind LINT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 5:30 pm to 1:30 am (next day) in LINT.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST correspond to 17:30 to 01:30 (next day) in LINT.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 8 hours and 30 minutes behind Line Islands Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 2:00 am02:00 in LINT

IST to LINT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in IST which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in LINT

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
2:00 am02:00 Line Islands Time (LINT). Offset UTC +14:00 hours

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

ISTLINT
12:00am8:30am
1:00am9:30am
2:00am10:30am
3:00am11:30am
4:00am12:30pm
5:00am1:30pm
6:00am2:30pm
7:00am3:30pm
8:00am4:30pm
9:00am5:30pm
10:00am6:30pm
11:00am7:30pm
12:00pm8:30pm
1:00pm9:30pm
2:00pm10:30pm
3:00pm11:30pm
4:00pm12:30am
5:00pm1:30am
6:00pm2:30am
7:00pm3:30am
8:00pm4:30am
9:00pm5:30am
10:00pm6:30am
11:00pm7:30am
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; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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

Line Islands Time

Offset: LINT is 14 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: Kiribati

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Line Islands Time (LINT) do not change for daylight saving time, so LINT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

LINT Time Zone Geo Map
LINT timezone map

LINT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +14 - basic short
  • +1400 - basic
  • +14:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (14) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of fourteen hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Time zones with the GMT +14 offset:
  • LINT - Line Islands Time
  • WSDT - West Samoa Daylight Time