UTC to IST to EST to JST
Compare UTC time with IST, EST, and JST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Universal Time Coordinated is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time and 5 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time and 9 hours behind Japan Standard Time
12:00 pm12:00 in UTC is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST and is 7:00 am07:00 in EST and is 9:00 pm21:00 in JST
UTC to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11:30am in UTC which corresponds to 2:30pm-5pm in IST
UTC to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-5pm in UTC which corresponds to 9am-12pm in EST
UTC to JST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am in UTC which corresponds to 5pm-6pm in JST
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Japan Standard Time (JST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 5:30 pm17:30 IST / 7:00 am07:00 EST / 9:00 pm21:00 JST
| UTC | IST | EST | JST |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 5:30 am | 7pm | 9am |
| 1am | 6:30 am | 8pm | 10am |
| 2am | 7:30 am | 9pm | 11am |
| 3am | 8:30 am | 10pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 4am | 9:30 am | 11pm | 1pm |
| 5am | 10:30 am | 12am (midnight) | 2pm |
| 6am | 11:30 am | 1am | 3pm |
| 7am | 12:30 pm | 2am | 4pm |
| 8am | 1:30 pm | 3am | 5pm |
| 9am | 2:30 pm | 4am | 6pm |
| 10am | 3:30 pm | 5am | 7pm |
| 11am | 4:30 pm | 6am | 8pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 5:30 pm | 7am | 9pm |
| 1pm | 6:30 pm | 8am | 10pm |
| 2pm | 7:30 pm | 9am | 11pm |
| 3pm | 8:30 pm | 10am | 12am (midnight) |
| 4pm | 9:30 pm | 11am | 1am |
| 5pm | 10:30 pm | 12pm (noon) | 2am |
| 6pm | 11:30 pm | 1pm | 3am |
| 7pm | 12:30 am | 2pm | 4am |
| 8pm | 1:30 am | 3pm | 5am |
| 9pm | 2:30 am | 4pm | 6am |
| 10pm | 3:30 am | 5pm | 7am |
| 11pm | 4:30 am | 6pm | 8am |
| 00:00 | 05:30 | 19:00 | 09:00 |
| 01:00 | 06:30 | 20:00 | 10:00 |
| 02:00 | 07:30 | 21:00 | 11:00 |
| 03:00 | 08:30 | 22:00 | 12:00 |
| 04:00 | 09:30 | 23:00 | 13:00 |
| 05:00 | 10:30 | 00:00 | 14:00 |
| 06:00 | 11:30 | 01:00 | 15:00 |
| 07:00 | 12:30 | 02:00 | 16:00 |
| 08:00 | 13:30 | 03:00 | 17:00 |
| 09:00 | 14:30 | 04:00 | 18:00 |
| 10:00 | 15:30 | 05:00 | 19:00 |
| 11:00 | 16:30 | 06:00 | 20:00 |
| 12:00 | 17:30 | 07:00 | 21:00 |
| 13:00 | 18:30 | 08:00 | 22:00 |
| 14:00 | 19:30 | 09:00 | 23:00 |
| 15:00 | 20:30 | 10:00 | 00:00 |
| 16:00 | 21:30 | 11:00 | 01:00 |
| 17:00 | 22:30 | 12:00 | 02:00 |
| 18:00 | 23:30 | 13:00 | 03:00 |
| 19:00 | 00:30 | 14:00 | 04:00 |
| 20:00 | 01:30 | 15:00 | 05:00 |
| 21:00 | 02:30 | 16:00 | 06:00 |
| 22:00 | 03:30 | 17:00 | 07:00 |
| 23:00 | 04:30 | 18:00 | 08:00 |
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
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- 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
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
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -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 west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
Japan Standard Time
Offset: JST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Japan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the JST time zone is Tokyo in Japan, with about 8.337 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Yokohama, Osaka shi, Nagoya shi, Sapporo.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Japan Standard Time (JST) do not change for daylight saving time, so JST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
JST representations, usage and related time zones
- +09 - basic short
- +0900 - basic
- +09:00 - extended
- +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- India - Military abbreviation for JST
- I - short form of 'India'
- Asia/Tokyo
- Japan
- AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
- CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
- I - India Time Zone
- IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
- JST - Japan Standard Time
- KST - Korea Standard Time
- PWT - Palau Time
- TLT - East Timor Time
- ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
- WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
- YAKT - Yakutsk Time