GST: Gulf Standard Time
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GST: Gulf Standard Time
GST stands for Gulf Standard Time, used in United Arab Emirates and Oman. It runs UTC+4 all year, with no daylight saving change.
GST also abbreviates South Georgia Time (UTC-2). These pages use the Gulf meaning.
Current GST time
Local times come from your browser's IANA time zone data.
GST time compared with UTC
GST runs UTC+4 all year, with no daylight saving change. When it is 12:00 UTC the clock in GST reads 16:00.
| UTC | GST |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 04:00 |
| 03:00 | 07:00 |
| 06:00 | 10:00 |
| 09:00 | 13:00 |
| 12:00 | 16:00 |
| 15:00 | 19:00 |
| 18:00 | 22:00 |
| 21:00 | 01:00 next day |
When the clocks change in the GST zone
Clocks in the GST zone never change. It does not observe daylight saving time, so the offset shown above is the offset all year, every year. There is no spring-forward or fall-back date to remember and no hour to lose.
Cities that keep GST
These places run on GST: Gulf Standard Time, the IANA zone behind GST. Each links to its own live clock.
Convert GST to another zone
GST to PSTGST to MSTGST to CSTGST to ESTGST to HSTGST to GMTGST to UTCGST to BST
Common questions about GST
What does GST stand for?
GST is Gulf Standard Time, the civil time used in United Arab Emirates and Oman. On this site it resolves to the IANA time zone GST: Gulf Standard Time, which is what your operating system and browser use to work out the actual offset on any given date.
What is GST in UTC?
GST is UTC+4, and it does not change. The table above converts every UTC hour.
Does GST mean anything else?
GST also abbreviates South Georgia Time (UTC-2). These pages use the Gulf meaning.