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IST to SAST Converter

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IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
SAST
South Africa Standard Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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Selected conversion

5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 3, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 3, 2026

IST is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of SAST.

IST and SAST examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and SAST (UTC+2). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of SAST.

How the time difference changes

IST is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of SAST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 5:30 am to 1:30 pm in SAST.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in IST correspond to 05:30 to 13:30 in SAST.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of South Africa Standard Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 2:00 pm14:00 in SAST

IST to SAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12:30pm-5pm12:30-17:00 in IST which corresponds to 9am-1:30pm09:00-13:30 in SAST

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 2:00 pm14:00 SAST

ISTSAST
12:00am8:30pm
1:00am9:30pm
2:00am10:30pm
3:00am11:30pm
4:00am12:30am
5:00am1:30am
6:00am2:30am
7:00am3:30am
8:00am4:30am
9:00am5:30am
10:00am6:30am
11:00am7:30am
12:00pm8:30am
1:00pm9:30am
2:00pm10:30am
3:00pm11:30am
4:00pm12:30pm
5:00pm1:30pm
6:00pm2:30pm
7:00pm3:30pm
8:00pm4:30pm
9:00pm5:30pm
10:00pm6:30pm
11:00pm7:30pm
00:0020:30
01:0021:30
02:0022:30
03:0023:30
04:0000:30
05:0001:30
06:0002:30
07:0003:30
08:0004:30
09:0005:30
10:0006:30
11:0007:30
12:0008:30
13:0009:30
14:0010:30
15:0011:30
16:0012:30
17:0013:30
18:0014:30
19:0015:30
20:0016:30
21:0017:30
22:0018:30
23:0019:30

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

South Africa Standard Time

Offset: SAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries using this time zone: Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), South Africa

Principal Cities: The largest city in the SAST time zone is Johannesburg in South Africa, with about 9.418 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Soweto.

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

SAST Time Zone Geo Map
SAST timezone map

SAST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for SAST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects SAST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Johannesburg
  • Africa/Maseru
  • Africa/Mbabane
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time
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