See the live UTC time next to the current time in the United Arab Emirates, check today's real offset, and roll through any UTC time to find the matching GST time — including when the two zones fall on different dates.
Gulf Standard Time
Coordinated Universal Time
US Eastern Time
THE CLOCKS ABOVE ALWAYS SHOW THE LIVE CURRENT TIME. THE ROLLER BELOW IS A LOOKUP TOOL — ROTATING IT NEVER CHANGES THEM.
GST is 4 hours ahead of UTC
ET is 4 hours behind UTC
United Arab Emirates is 8 hours ahead of United States (Eastern)
| UTC | GST | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 04:00 | Same day |
| 01:00 | 05:00 | Same day |
| 02:00 | 06:00 | Same day |
| 03:00 | 07:00 | Same day |
| 04:00 | 08:00 | Same day |
| 05:00 | 09:00 | Same day |
| 06:00 | 10:00 | Same day |
| 07:00 | 11:00 | Same day |
| 08:00 | 12:00 | Same day |
| 09:00 | 13:00 | Same day |
| 10:00 | 14:00 | Same day |
| 11:00 | 15:00 | Same day |
| 12:00 | 16:00 | Same day |
| 13:00 | 17:00 | Same day |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | Same day |
| 15:00 | 19:00 | Same day |
| 16:00 | 20:00 | Same day |
| 17:00 | 21:00 | Same day |
| 18:00 | 22:00 | Same day |
| 19:00 | 23:00 | Same day |
| 20:00 | 00:00 | Next day in United Arab Emirates |
| 21:00 | 01:00 | Next day in United Arab Emirates |
| 22:00 | 02:00 | Next day in United Arab Emirates |
| 23:00 | 03:00 | Next day in United Arab Emirates |
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world's time standard: it never shifts for seasons and every other zone is described as an offset from it. Gulf Standard Time (GST) is the clock used in the United Arab Emirates. Converting UTC to GST means adding that offset to the UTC reading.
Gulf Standard Time is shared by the UAE and Oman and sits neatly between European and South Asian business hours.
Take the UTC time, apply the current GST offset shown in the live panel above, and roll the date forward or back if the result crosses midnight. The interactive roller does all three steps for you: the left drum is UTC, the right drum is GST, and a day badge appears whenever the local date differs.
GST has no daylight saving changes, so the offset to UTC is stable all year. It is still calculated live from the Asia/Dubai IANA database rather than hard-coded.
The reference table below the tool lists every UTC half hour against the matching GST time for today, so you can copy a conversion without touching the roller.
The UAE does not observe daylight saving time, so Gulf Standard Time stays at UTC +04:00 all year.