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GST
Gulf Standard Time
GMT +4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
IRST
Iran Standard Time
GMT +3:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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GST and IRST examples

These examples always use GST (UTC+4) and IRST (UTC+3:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

GST is 30 minutes ahead of IRST.

How the time difference changes

GST is 30 minutes ahead of IRST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GST correspond to 8:30 am to 4:30 pm in IRST.

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

Time Difference

Gulf Standard Time is 0 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Iran Standard Time
4:00 pm16:00 in GST is 3:30 pm15:30 in IRST

GST to IRST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9:30am-5pm in GST which corresponds to 9am-4:30pm in IRST

4:00 pm16:00 Gulf Standard Time (GST). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
3:30 pm15:30 Iran Standard Time (IRST). Offset UTC +3:30 hours

4:00 pm16:00 GST / 3:30 pm15:30 IRST

GSTIRST
12am (midnight)11:30 pm
1am12:30 am
2am1:30 am
3am2:30 am
4am3:30 am
5am4:30 am
6am5:30 am
7am6:30 am
8am7:30 am
9am8:30 am
10am9:30 am
11am10:30 am
12pm (noon)11:30 am
1pm12:30 pm
2pm1:30 pm
3pm2:30 pm
4pm3:30 pm
5pm4:30 pm
6pm5:30 pm
7pm6:30 pm
8pm7:30 pm
9pm8:30 pm
10pm9:30 pm
11pm10:30 pm
00:0023:30
01:0000:30
02:0001:30
03:0002:30
04:0003:30
05:0004:30
06:0005:30
07:0006:30
08:0007:30
09:0008:30
10:0009:30
11:0010:30
12:0011:30
13:0012:30
14:0013:30
15:0014:30
16:0015:30
17:0016:30
18:0017:30
19:0018:30
20:0019:30
21:0020:30
22:0021:30
23:0022:30

Gulf Standard Time

Offset: GST is 4 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: United Arab Emirates

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GST time zone is Dubai in United Arab Emirates, with about 1.137 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ajman.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Gulf Standard Time (GST) do not change for daylight saving time, so GST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

GST Time Zone Geo Map
GST timezone map

GST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +04 - basic short
  • +0400 - basic
  • +04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Delta - Military abbreviation for GST
  • D - short form of 'Delta'
Time zones with the GMT +4 offset:
  • KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
  • MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
  • SAMT - Samara Time
  • AMT - Armenia Time
  • AZT - Azerbaijan Time
  • D - Delta Time Zone
  • GET - Georgia Standard Time
  • GST - Gulf Standard Time
  • MUT - Mauritius Time
  • RET - Reunion Time
  • SCT - Seychelles Time

Iran Standard Time

Offset: IRST is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Iran

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IRST time zone is Tehran in Iran, with about 7.153 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Tabriz.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Iran Standard Time (IRST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IRST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

IRST Time Zone Geo Map
IRST timezone map

IRST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0330 - basic
  • +03:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0330 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.