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5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Nov 2, 2026 = 5:00 pm17:00 TFT (UTC+5), Nov 2, 2026

IST is 30 minutes ahead of TFT.

IST and TFT examples

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

IST is 30 minutes ahead of TFT.

How the time difference changes

IST is 30 minutes ahead of TFT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IST correspond to 8:30 am to 5:30 pm in TFT.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IST correspond to 08:30 to 17:30 in TFT.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 30 minutes ahead of French Southern and Antarctic Time.
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 5:00 pm17:00 in TFT

IST to TFT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9:30am-6pm09:30-18:00 in IST which corresponds to 9am-5:30pm09:00-17:30 in TFT

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
5:00 pm17:00 French Southern and Antarctic Time (TFT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 5:00 pm17:00 TFT

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India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad.

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.

Current time in India: India time now

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

French Southern and Antarctic Time

Offset: TFT is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: French Southern Territories

Principal Cities: The largest city in the TFT time zone is Port-aux-Français in the French Southern Territories, with about 45 people.

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

TFT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +05 - basic short
  • +0500 - basic
  • +05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0500 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Echo - Military abbreviation for TFT
  • E - short form of 'Echo'
Time zones with the GMT +5 offset:
  • ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
  • AMST - Armenia Summer Time
  • AQTT - Aqtobe Time
  • AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
  • E - Echo Time Zone
  • MAWT - Mawson Time
  • MVT - Maldives Time
  • ORAT - Oral Time
  • PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
  • QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
  • TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
  • TJT - Tajikistan Time
  • TMT - Turkmenistan Time
  • UZT - Uzbekistan Time
  • YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
  • HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time