MYT
Malaysia Time
GMT +8
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

MYT is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST. MYT uses GMT +8, and IST uses GMT +5:30 for this comparison.

For example, 8:00 pm MYT is 5:30 pm IST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 11:30am-5pm MYT, which is 9am-2:30pm IST.

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

Time Difference

Malaysia Time is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of India Standard Time
8:00 pm20:00 in MYT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

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

8:00 pm20:00 Malaysia Time (MYT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

8:00 pm20:00 MYT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

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

Malaysia Time

Offset: MYT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Malaysia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MYT time zone is Kota Bharu in Malaysia, with about 1.46 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Kuala Lumpur, Klang, Kampung Baru Subang, Johor Bahru.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Malaysia Time (MYT) do not change for daylight saving time, so MYT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

MYT Time Zone Geo Map
MYT timezone map

MYT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +08 - basic short
  • +0800 - basic
  • +08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Hotel - Military abbreviation for MYT
  • H - short form of 'Hotel'
Time zones with the GMT +8 offset:
  • ACT - ASEAN Common Time
  • AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
  • BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
  • CAST - Casey Time
  • CHOT - Choibalsan Time
  • CST - China Standard Time
  • H - Hotel Time Zone
  • HKT - Hong Kong Time
  • HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
  • IRKT - Irkutsk Time
  • KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
  • MYT - Malaysia Time
  • PHT - Philippine Time
  • SGT - Singapore Time
  • ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
  • WITA - Central Indonesian Time

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 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