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IST to WET Converter

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IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WET
Western European Time
GMT +0
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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IST and WET examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+5:30) and WET (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of WET.

How the time difference changes

IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of WET year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in IST correspond to 3:30 am to 11:30 am in WET.

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

Time Difference

India Standard Time is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Western European Time
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 12:00 pm12:00 in WET

IST to WET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2:30pm-5pm in IST which corresponds to 9am-11:30am in WET

5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Western European Time (WET). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 IST / 12:00 pm12:00 WET

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

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.

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

Western European Time

Offset: WET is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Spain, Faroe Islands, Portugal

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WET time zone is Lisbon in Portugal, with about 517,802 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Braga.

German: WEZ - Westeuropäische Zeit

WET Time Zone Geo Map
WET timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Western European Summer Time (WEST).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Western European Time (WET) started on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 1am to 2amEnd: Western European Time (WET) ends on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

WET 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 the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for WET
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects WET time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Atlantic/Canary
  • Atlantic/Faeroe
  • Atlantic/Faroe
  • Atlantic/Madeira
  • Europe/Lisbon
  • Portugal
  • WET
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
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