UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
Turkey
GMT
IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30

Time Difference

Universal Time Coordinated is 3 hours behind GMT (GMT+03:00) and 5 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time
1:00 am01:00 in UTC is 4:00 am04:00 in Istanbul, Turkey and is 6:30 am06:30 in IST

UTC to Istanbul call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-3pm in UTC which corresponds to 11am-6pm in Istanbul
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

1:00 am01:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 GMT (GMT+03:00) (Istanbul, Turkey). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
6:30 am06:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

1:00 am01:00 UTC / 4:00 am04:00 Istanbul, Turkey / 6:30 am06:30 IST

UTC Istanbul, Turkey IST
12am (midnight) 3am 5:30 am
1am 4am 6:30 am
2am 5am 7:30 am
3am 6am 8:30 am
4am 7am 9:30 am
5am 8am 10:30 am
6am 9am 11:30 am
7am 10am 12:30 pm
8am 11am 1:30 pm
9am 12pm (noon) 2:30 pm
10am 1pm 3:30 pm
11am 2pm 4:30 pm
12pm (noon) 3pm 5:30 pm
1pm 4pm 6:30 pm
2pm 5pm 7:30 pm
3pm 6pm 8:30 pm
4pm 7pm 9:30 pm
5pm 8pm 10:30 pm
6pm 9pm 11:30 pm
7pm 10pm 12:30 am
8pm 11pm 1:30 am
9pm 12am (midnight) 2:30 am
10pm 1am 3:30 am
11pm 2am 4:30 am
0:00 3:00 5:30
1:00 4:00 6:30
2:00 5:00 7:30
3:00 6:00 8:30
4:00 7:00 9:30
5:00 8:00 10:30
6:00 9:00 11:30
7:00 10:00 12:30
8:00 11:00 13:30
9:00 12:00 14:30
10:00 13:00 15:30
11:00 14:00 16:30
12:00 15:00 17:30
13:00 16:00 18:30
14:00 17:00 19:30
15:00 18:00 20:30
16:00 19:00 21:30
17:00 20:00 22:30
18:00 21:00 23:30
19:00 22:00 0:30
20:00 23:00 1:30
21:00 0:00 2:30
22:00 1:00 3:30
23:00 2:00 4:30

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

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 zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.
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 - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Istanbul Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
GMT - GMT+03:00
TRT - Turkey Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during GMT+03:00, currently in use.
+3:00 hours during Turkey Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
0:00 hours - DST is NOT in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Istanbul Facts

Country
Turkey
Alternative Names
Bizanc, Bizánc, Byzance, Byzantion, Byzantium, Byzanz, Constantinoble, Constantinopla, Constantinople, Constantinopolen, Constantinopoli, Constantinopolis, Costantinopoli, Estambul, IST, Istamboul, Istambul, Istambuł, Istampoul, Istanbul, Istanbúl, Isztambul, Konstantinapoly, Konstantinopel, Konstantinopolo, Konstantinoupoli, Konstantinoupolis, Konstantinápoly, Kustantiniyah, Micklagard, Micklagård, Mikligardur, Mikligarður, Stamboul, Stambul, Stambula, Stambuł, Tsarigrad, Vizantija (Vizantija), Vyzantio, astnbwl, bijantium, byuzantion, byzntywn, iseutanbul, istambula, isutanburu, stin Poli [stimˈboli], yi si tan bu er, İstanbul, Βυζάντιο, Βυζαντιο, Ισταμπουλ, Ισταμπούλ, Κωνσταντινουπολη, Κωνσταντινούπολη, Κωνσταντινούπολις, στην Πόλι [stimˈboli], Византија (Vizantija), Истанбул, Стамбул, ביזנטיון, اسطنبول, इस्तांबुल, ইস্তাম্বুল, イスタンブール, ビュザンティオン, 伊斯坦布尔, 비잔티움, 이스탄불
Population
14,804,116
Currency
Lira (TRY)
Geographic Coordinates
41° 00' N Latitude / 28° 56' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+90

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 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 five hour and thirty minutes time differences 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
  • Iran Standard Time - UTC +3:30