Timezone conversion

Convert times between timezones with natural language — PDT to IST, July 13 at 9am, and more.

Convert dates and times between timezones without web search. Arka parses natural language and uses zoneinfo for accurate DST handling.

Quick start

arka convert 9am PDT to IST
arka convert July 13 at 9:00am PDT to IST
arka what is this in ist July 13 at 9:00am PDT
timezone_convert 'July 13 9:00am PDT to IST'

The convert command auto-detects timezone vs currency. arka convert 100 USD to INR still routes to currency conversion.

Supported patterns

• Time + abbreviations: 9am PDT, 3:30 PM EST
• Dates: July 13, 2026-07-13
• Direction: to IST, in IST, PDT to IST

Common abbreviations

Abbrev	Zone
PDT / PST	America/Los_Angeles
EST / EDT	America/New_York
IST	Asia/Kolkata (Indian Standard Time)
UTC / GMT	UTC

IST maps to Indian Standard Time (Asia/Kolkata), not Israel Standard Time.

Routing

arka route "convert 9am PDT to IST"
# → timezone_convert ...

Related

• Currency conversion — arka convert 100 USD to INR