What is GST in UTC?
Coordinated Universal Time is 4 hours behind
Gulf Standard Time is on UTC+4:00 and Coordinated Universal Time is on UTC+0:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.
- Time in Dubai
- 6:14 am
- Time in the prime meridian
- 2:14 am
- Difference
- −4 h
- Next clock change
- Neither zone
Convert a time
UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
2:00 am
Wed
Daylight saving
Gulf Standard Time
Gulf Standard Time stays on GST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time stays on UTC all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
GST to UTC conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Gulf Standard Time to Coordinated Universal Time. 4 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in the prime meridian, which is marked.
- 12:00 am GST
- 8:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 1:00 am GST
- 9:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 2:00 am GST
- 10:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 3:00 am GST
- 11:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 4:00 am GST
- 12:00 am UTC
- 5:00 am GST
- 1:00 am UTC
- 6:00 am GST
- 2:00 am UTC
- 7:00 am GST
- 3:00 am UTC
- 8:00 am GST
- 4:00 am UTC
- 9:00 am GST
- 5:00 am UTC
- 10:00 am GST
- 6:00 am UTC
- 11:00 am GST
- 7:00 am UTC
- 12:00 pm GST
- 8:00 am UTC
- 1:00 pm GST
- 9:00 am UTC
- 2:00 pm GST
- 10:00 am UTC
- 3:00 pm GST
- 11:00 am UTC
- 4:00 pm GST
- 12:00 pm UTC
- 5:00 pm GST
- 1:00 pm UTC
- 6:00 pm GST
- 2:00 pm UTC
- 7:00 pm GST
- 3:00 pm UTC
- 8:00 pm GST
- 4:00 pm UTC
- 9:00 pm GST
- 5:00 pm UTC
- 10:00 pm GST
- 6:00 pm UTC
- 11:00 pm GST
- 7:00 pm UTC
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm GST, which is 9:00 am to 2:00 pm UTC. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
Gulf Standard Time (GST) is used in the UAE and Oman
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is used in aviation, computing, and science worldwide. UTC never changes for daylight saving.