UTC to IST to SAST
Time Difference
Universal Time Coordinated is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time and 2 hours behind South Africa Standard Time
12:30 am00:30 in UTC is 6:00 am06:00 in IST and is 2:30 am02:30 in SAST
UTC to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-12:30pm in UTC which corresponds to 1:30pm-6pm in IST
UTC to SAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-4pm in UTC which corresponds to 10am-6pm in SAST
12:30 am00:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
2:30 am02:30 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
12:30 am00:30 UTC / 6:00 am06:00 IST / 2:30 am02:30 SAST
| UTC | IST | SAST |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 5:30 am | 2am |
| 1am | 6:30 am | 3am |
| 2am | 7:30 am | 4am |
| 3am | 8:30 am | 5am |
| 4am | 9:30 am | 6am |
| 5am | 10:30 am | 7am |
| 6am | 11:30 am | 8am |
| 7am | 12:30 pm | 9am |
| 8am | 1:30 pm | 10am |
| 9am | 2:30 pm | 11am |
| 10am | 3:30 pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 11am | 4:30 pm | 1pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 5:30 pm | 2pm |
| 1pm | 6:30 pm | 3pm |
| 2pm | 7:30 pm | 4pm |
| 3pm | 8:30 pm | 5pm |
| 4pm | 9:30 pm | 6pm |
| 5pm | 10:30 pm | 7pm |
| 6pm | 11:30 pm | 8pm |
| 7pm | 12:30 am | 9pm |
| 8pm | 1:30 am | 10pm |
| 9pm | 2:30 am | 11pm |
| 10pm | 3:30 am | 12am (midnight) |
| 11pm | 4:30 am | 1am |
| 0:00 | 5:30 | 2:00 |
| 1:00 | 6:30 | 3:00 |
| 2:00 | 7:30 | 4:00 |
| 3:00 | 8:30 | 5:00 |
| 4:00 | 9:30 | 6:00 |
| 5:00 | 10:30 | 7:00 |
| 6:00 | 11:30 | 8:00 |
| 7:00 | 12:30 | 9:00 |
| 8:00 | 13:30 | 10:00 |
| 9:00 | 14:30 | 11:00 |
| 10:00 | 15:30 | 12:00 |
| 11:00 | 16:30 | 13:00 |
| 12:00 | 17:30 | 14:00 |
| 13:00 | 18:30 | 15:00 |
| 14:00 | 19:30 | 16:00 |
| 15:00 | 20:30 | 17:00 |
| 16:00 | 21:30 | 18:00 |
| 17:00 | 22:30 | 19:00 |
| 18:00 | 23:30 | 20:00 |
| 19:00 | 0:30 | 21:00 |
| 20:00 | 1:30 | 22:00 |
| 21:00 | 2:30 | 23:00 |
| 22:00 | 3:30 | 0:00 |
| 23:00 | 4:30 | 1:00 |
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 zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.
- 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: 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 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 five hour and thirty minutes time differences 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
- Iran Standard Time - UTC +3:30
South Africa Standard Time
Offset: SAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries: It is used in following countries: Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), South Africa
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SAST timezone is Cape Town from South Africa with population about 3.433 million people. Other major cities in the area are Durban, Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria
Daylight Saving: South Africa Standard Time (SAST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore SAST 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, South Africa Standard Time remains the same
SAST representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates two hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for SAST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Africa/Maseru
- Africa/Mbabane
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time