India Time Zone — I
Military letter I (India) maps to the UTC+9 offset from Coordinated Universal Time. Covers Japan, Korea, and parts of eastern Indonesia.
India (I) — UTC+9
Friday, 23 October 2026 GMT+9
About India
UTC offset
UTC+9
Letter I = India in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
Where I is used
Covers Japan, Korea, and parts of eastern Indonesia.
Places on UTC+9 (I time) in 2026
9 zones in the tz database are at UTC+9 for at least part of 2026. Zones listed under January or July only are on this offset for part of the year, because they change their clocks for daylight saving time. Civil abbreviations at this offset: JST, KST.
All year (9 zones)
Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, Palau, Russia, South Korea, Timor-Leste
Asia/Chita · Asia/Dili · Asia/Jayapura · Asia/Khandyga · Asia/Pyongyang · Asia/Seoul · Asia/Tokyo · Asia/Yakutsk · Pacific/Palau
Converting I time
In a military date-time group the zone letter follows the time: 151430I JAN 26 means 14:30 India time on 15 January 2026, which is 150530Z JAN 26 in Zulu (UTC).