IST to SAST Converter
Quick answers
IST is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of SAST. IST uses GMT +5:30, and SAST uses GMT +2 for this comparison.
For example, 5:30 pm IST is 2:00 pm SAST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 12:30pm-5pm IST, which is 9am-1:30pm 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-5pm in IST which corresponds to 9am-1:30pm 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
| IST | SAST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 8:30 pm |
| 1am | 9:30 pm |
| 2am | 10:30 pm |
| 3am | 11:30 pm |
| 4am | 12:30 am |
| 5am | 1:30 am |
| 6am | 2:30 am |
| 7am | 3:30 am |
| 8am | 4:30 am |
| 9am | 5:30 am |
| 10am | 6:30 am |
| 11am | 7:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 8:30 am |
| 1pm | 9:30 am |
| 2pm | 10:30 am |
| 3pm | 11:30 am |
| 4pm | 12:30 pm |
| 5pm | 1:30 pm |
| 6pm | 2:30 pm |
| 7pm | 3:30 pm |
| 8pm | 4:30 pm |
| 9pm | 5:30 pm |
| 10pm | 6:30 pm |
| 11pm | 7:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 20:30 |
| 01:00 | 21:30 |
| 02:00 | 22:30 |
| 03:00 | 23:30 |
| 04:00 | 00:30 |
| 05:00 | 01:30 |
| 06:00 | 02:30 |
| 07:00 | 03:30 |
| 08:00 | 04:30 |
| 09:00 | 05:30 |
| 10:00 | 06:30 |
| 11:00 | 07:30 |
| 12:00 | 08:30 |
| 13:00 | 09:30 |
| 14:00 | 10:30 |
| 15:00 | 11:30 |
| 16:00 | 12:30 |
| 17:00 | 13:30 |
| 18:00 | 14:30 |
| 19:00 | 15:30 |
| 20:00 | 16:30 |
| 21:00 | 17:30 |
| 22:00 | 18:30 |
| 23:00 | 19:30 |
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, Kolkata, Chennai.
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 representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +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.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- 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 Cape Town in South Africa, with about 3.433 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Durban, Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria.
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.
SAST representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +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.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for SAST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Africa/Maseru
- Africa/Mbabane
- 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