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Dublin's clocks go back 1 hour on Sun, Oct 25 · IST → GMT

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12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Oct 23, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 23, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 IST (UTC+1), Oct 23, 2026

UTC is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. UTC is 1 hour behind Dublin.

How the time difference changes

UTC to IST

UTC is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind IST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in UTC correspond to 2:30 pm to 11:30 pm in IST.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in UTC correspond to 14:30 to 23:30 in IST.

UTC to Dublin

For most of the year, UTC is 1 hour behind Dublin. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, UTC and Dublin have the same time.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in UTC correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in Dublin. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in UTC correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Dublin.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in UTC correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in Dublin. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in UTC correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in Dublin.

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

Time Difference

Coordinated Universal Time is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time. Coordinated Universal Time is 1 hour behind IST (Irish Standard Time).
12:00 pm12:00 in UTC is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST and is 1:00 pm13:00 in Dublin, Ireland

UTC to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12:30pm09:00-12:30 in UTC which corresponds to 2:30pm-6pm14:30-18:00 in IST
UTC to Dublin call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in UTC which corresponds to 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in Dublin

12:00 pm12:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
1:00 pm13:00 IST (Irish Standard Time) (Dublin, Ireland). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

12:00 pm12:00 UTC / 5:30 pm17:30 IST / 1:00 pm13:00 Dublin, Ireland

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Coordinated Universal Time

Offset: UTC is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Burkina Faso, Faroe Islands, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Togo, United Kingdom, Western Sahara

Principal Cities: The largest city in the UTC time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar.

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

Map of the areas on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
UTC all year UTC part of the year

Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC+1 (British Summer Time, Irish Standard Time, WEST).

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 the zero UTC/GMT offset.
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 - Coordinated Universal Time
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

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

Dublin Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
IST – Irish Standard Time, UTC+1 (now, daylight saving time)
GMT – Greenwich Mean Time, UTC+0 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (GMT). DST ends on the last Sunday of October each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 1:00 amSunday, March 28, 2027 at 01:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 2:00 am02:00 (IST). DST starts on the last Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

Dublin Facts

Country
Ireland
Alternative Names
Baile Atha Cliath, Baile Átha Cliath, Ciuda de Dublin, Ciudá de Dublín, DUB, Dablin, Diblin, Difelin, Divlyn, Doublino, Dublin, Dublin city, Dublina, Dublinas, Dublini, Dublino, Dublinu, Dublín, Dublîn, Dueblin, Dulenn, Dulyn, Dyflinn, Düblin, Eblana, dabalina, dablin, dablina, daburin, dbln, dblyn, deobeullin, dou bai lin, dublini, dwblyn, taplin, Δουβλίνο, Даблин, Дублин, Дублін, Дъблин, Դուբլին, דבלין, דובלין, دبلن, دوبلين, دوبلین, دۇبلىن, ڈبلن, ډبلن, ܕܒܠܢ, डब्लिन, दब्लिन, ডাবলিন, ਡਬਲਿਨ, டப்லின், ಡಬ್ಲಿನ್, ഡബ്ലിൻ, ดับลิน, དུབ་ལིན།, ဒပ်ဗလင်မြို့, დუბლინი, ደብሊን, ダブリン, 都柏林, 더블린
Population
1,024,027
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Geographic Coordinates
53° 19' N Latitude / 6° 14' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+353
Current Time in Ireland