IST to CEST Converter - Savvy Time (2024)

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What time zone is India in CEST? ›

The India Standard Time (IST) is 3.5 hours ahead of Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year.

At present, the country observes a single time zone based on the longitude passing through 82°33′E. Under the new proposal, IST-I covers the regions falling between longitudes 68°7′E and 89°52′E and IST-II covers the regions between 89°52′E and 97°25′E.

The country with a time difference of approximately 12 hours from India is the United States (specifically parts of it like the Eastern Standard Time zone). For example, when it's morning in India, it's typically late evening in the eastern parts of the United States.

The time zone in Germany is Central European Time (Mitteleuropäische Zeit, MEZ; UTC+01:00) and Central European Summer Time (Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit, MESZ; UTC+02:00). Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST).

Metropolitan France uses Central European Time (heure d'Europe centrale, UTC+01:00) as its standard time, and observes Central European Summer Time (heure d'été d'Europe centrale, UTC+02:00) from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.

As such Italy begins observing Central European Summer Time at 02:00 CET on the last Sunday in March and switches back to Central European Time on the last Sunday of October since 1996.

Currently observing CET – Central European Time.

Switzerland uses a single time zone, denoted as Central European Time (CET: UTC+01:00). Switzerland also observes summer time, shifting to Central European Summer Time (CEST: UTC+02:00).

Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

How many time zones are there in Europe? ›

Europe spans seven primary time zones (from UTC−01:00 to UTC+05:00), excluding summer time offsets (five of them can be seen on the map, with one further-western zone containing the Azores, and one further-eastern zone spanning the Ural regions of Russia and European part of Kazakhstan).

It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Budapest Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Rome Time, Prague time, Warsaw Time or Romance Standard Time (RST).

India has the time zone of GMT +5:30, which means it is 5 hours and 30 minutes in front of the Greenwich Mean Time - that is, the time of the UK. India follows the Indian Standard Time, which is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+5:30).