IST Europe to EST
Time Difference
Irish Standard Time is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time
5:30 am05:30 in IST is 12:30 am00:30 in EDT
IST to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-6pm in IST which corresponds to 8am-12pm in EST
5:30 am05:30 Irish Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
12:30 am00:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:30 am05:30 IST / 12:30 am00:30 EDT
IST | EDT |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 7pm |
1am | 8pm |
2am | 9pm |
3am | 10pm |
4am | 11pm |
5am | 12am (midnight) |
6am | 1am |
7am | 2am |
8am | 3am |
9am | 4am |
10am | 5am |
11am | 6am |
12pm (noon) | 7am |
1pm | 8am |
2pm | 9am |
3pm | 10am |
4pm | 11am |
5pm | 12pm (noon) |
6pm | 1pm |
7pm | 2pm |
8pm | 3pm |
9pm | 4pm |
10pm | 5pm |
11pm | 6pm |
0:00 | 19:00 |
1:00 | 20:00 |
2:00 | 21:00 |
3:00 | 22:00 |
4:00 | 23:00 |
5:00 | 0:00 |
6:00 | 1:00 |
7:00 | 2:00 |
8:00 | 3:00 |
9:00 | 4:00 |
10:00 | 5:00 |
11:00 | 6:00 |
12:00 | 7:00 |
13:00 | 8:00 |
14:00 | 9:00 |
15:00 | 10:00 |
16:00 | 11:00 |
17:00 | 12:00 |
18:00 | 13:00 |
19:00 | 14:00 |
20:00 | 15:00 |
21:00 | 16:00 |
22:00 | 17:00 |
23:00 | 18:00 |
Irish Standard Time
Offset: IST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: Ireland
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Dublin from Ireland with population about 1.024 million people. Other major cities in the area are Cork, Dun Laoghaire, Luimneach, Gaillimh

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Start: Irish Standard Time (IST) started on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of October.
End: Irish Standard Time (IST) ends on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of March.
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for IST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Eire
- Europe/Dublin
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
- Iran Standard Time - UTC +3:30
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are 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, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
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 five hour and zero minutes time differences 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