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3:00 pm15:00 IDT (UTC+3), Oct 18, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 18, 2026

IDT is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

IDT and IST examples

These examples always use IDT (UTC+3) 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.

IDT is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, IDT is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 26, 2027, the IDT converter row is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind the IST converter row.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in IDT correspond to 11:30 am to 8:30 pm in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on the IDT converter row correspond to 12:30 pm to 9:30 pm on the IST converter row.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in IDT correspond to 11:30 to 20:30 in IST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 on the IDT converter row correspond to 12:30 to 21:30 on the IST converter row.

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

Time Difference

Israel Daylight Time is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
3:00 pm15:00 in IDT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

IDT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3:30pm09:00-15:30 in IDT which corresponds to 11:30am-6pm11:30-18:00 in IST

3:00 pm15:00 Israel Daylight Time (IDT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

3:00 pm15:00 IDT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

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Israel Daylight Time

Offset: IDT is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Israel

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IDT time zone is Jerusalem in Israel, with about 971,800 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tel Aviv, Haifa, Rishon LeTsiyyon, Petaẖ Tiqva.

Map of the areas on Israel Daylight Time (IDT)
IDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on IDT.

Daylight Saving: Israel Daylight Time (IDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Israel Standard Time (IST).

123456789101112Start: Israel Daylight Time (IDT) started on Friday, March 27, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Friday, March 27, 2026, 3:00 am03:00.

123456789101112End: Israel Daylight Time (IDT) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See Israel daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

IDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for IDT
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects IDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Jerusalem
  • Asia/Tel_Aviv
  • Israel
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time

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