IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
United Kingdom
BST
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
BST
British Summer Time
GMT +1

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of BST (British Summer Time) and 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Universal Time Coordinated and 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of British Summer Time
7:00 am07:00 in IST is 2:30 am02:30 in London, United Kingdom and is 1:30 am01:30 in UTC and is 2:30 am02:30 in BST

IST to London call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12:30pm-6pm in IST which corresponds to 8am-1:30pm in London
IST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1:30pm-6pm in IST which corresponds to 8am-12:30pm in UTC
IST to BST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12:30pm-6pm in IST which corresponds to 8am-1:30pm in BST

7:00 am07:00 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
2:30 am02:30 BST (British Summer Time) (London, United Kingdom). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
1:30 am01:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
2:30 am02:30 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

7:00 am07:00 IST / 2:30 am02:30 London, United Kingdom / 1:30 am01:30 UTC / 2:30 am02:30 BST

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

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

London Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
BST - British Summer Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+1:00 hour during British Summer Time, currently in use.

London Facts

Country
United Kingdom
Alternative Names
ILondon, LON, Lakana, Landan, Landen, Ljondan, Llundain, Lodoni, Londain, Londan, Londar, Londe, Londen, Londin, Londinium, Londino, Londn, London, London osh, Londona, Londonas, Londoni, Londono, Londons, Londonu, Londra, Londres, Londrez, Londri, Londro, Londye, Londyn, Londýn, Lonn, Lontoo, Loundres, Luan GJon, Lun-tun, Lunden, Lundra, Lundun, Lundunir, Lundúnir, Lung-dung, Lunnainn, Lunnin, Lunnon, Luân Đôn, Lùn-tûn, Lùng-dŭng, Lûn-tun, Lākana, Lůndůn, Lọndọnu, Ranana, Rānana, ilantan, ladana, landan, landana, leondeon, lndn, london, londoni, lun dui, lun dun, lwndwn, lxndxn, rondon, Łondra, Λονδίνο, Лондан, Лондон, Лондон ош, Лондонъ, Лёндан, Լոնդոն, לאנדאן, לונדון, لأندأن, لندن, لوندون, لەندەن, ܠܘܢܕܘܢ, लंडन, लंदन, लण्डन, लन्डन्, लन्दन, লন্ডন, ਲੰਡਨ, લંડન, ଲଣ୍ଡନ, இலண்டன், లండన్, ಲಂಡನ್, ലണ്ടൻ, ලන්ඩන්, ลอนดอน, ລອນດອນ, ལོན་ཊོན།, လန်ဒန်မြို့, ლონდონი, ለንደን, ᎫᎴ ᏗᏍᎪᏂᎯᏱ, ロンドン, 伦敦, 倫敦, 런던
Population
7,556,900
Currency
Pound (GBP)
Geographic Coordinates
51° 30' N Latitude / 0° 07' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+44

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

British Summer Time

Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries: It is used in following countries: Britain (UK), Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST timezone is London from United Kingdom with population about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in the area are Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Saint Helier

BST Time Zone Geo Map
BST timezone map

Daylight Saving: British Summer Time (BST) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 1am to 2amStart: British Summer Time (BST) started on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 1:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 2:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on last Sunday of March

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amEnd: British Summer Time (BST) ends on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on last Sunday of October

BST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates one 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
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects BST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
BST Abbreviation: Several time zones share BST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • British Summer Time - UTC +1
  • Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
  • Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
  • Brasilia Standard Time - UTC -3
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time