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12:00 pm12:00 WET (UTC+0), Nov 8, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Nov 8, 2026

WET is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

WET and IST examples

These examples always use WET (UTC+0) and IST (UTC+5:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

WET is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, WEST is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31, 2027 to Mar 26, 2028, WET is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WEST correspond to 1:30 pm to 10:30 pm in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WET correspond to 2:30 pm to 11:30 pm in IST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in WEST correspond to 13:30 to 22:30 in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in WET correspond to 14:30 to 23:30 in IST.

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

Time Difference

Western European Time is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
12:00 pm12:00 in WET is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

WET to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12:30pm09:00-12:30 in WET which corresponds to 2:30pm-6pm14:30-18:00 in IST.

12:00 pm12:00 Western European Time (WET). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

12:00 pm12:00 WET / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

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Western European Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Faroe Islands, Portugal, Spain

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WET time zone is Lisbon in Portugal, with about 517,802 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Braga.

German: WEZ - Westeuropäische Zeit

Map of the areas on Western European Time (WET)
WET part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on WET.

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Western European Summer Time (WEST).

123456789101112Start: Western European Time (WET) started on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

123456789101112End: Western European Time (WET) ends on Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 28, 2027, 2:00 am02:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

See Portugal daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

WET 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 WET
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects WET time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Atlantic/Canary
  • Atlantic/Faeroe
  • Atlantic/Faroe
  • Atlantic/Madeira
  • Europe/Lisbon
  • Portugal
  • WET
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