EST to BST Asia
Quick answers
EST is 11 hours behind BST. EST uses GMT -5, and BST uses GMT +6 for this comparison.
For example, 7:00 am EST is 6:00 pm BST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 7am-8am EST, which is 6pm-7pm BST.
EST is a fixed UTC-5 standard-time offset. For current Eastern Time, compare EDT to BST-ASIA or ET to BST-ASIA.
Compare EST time with BST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Standard Time is 11 hours behind Bangladesh Standard Time
7:00 am07:00 in EST is 6:00 pm18:00 in BST
EST to BST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am in EST which corresponds to 6pm-7pm in BST
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
6:00 pm18:00 Bangladesh Standard Time (BST). Offset UTC +6:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST / 6:00 pm18:00 BST
| EST | BST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 11am |
| 1am | 12pm (noon) |
| 2am | 1pm |
| 3am | 2pm |
| 4am | 3pm |
| 5am | 4pm |
| 6am | 5pm |
| 7am | 6pm |
| 8am | 7pm |
| 9am | 8pm |
| 10am | 9pm |
| 11am | 10pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 11pm |
| 1pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 2pm | 1am |
| 3pm | 2am |
| 4pm | 3am |
| 5pm | 4am |
| 6pm | 5am |
| 7pm | 6am |
| 8pm | 7am |
| 9pm | 8am |
| 10pm | 9am |
| 11pm | 10am |
| 00:00 | 11:00 |
| 01:00 | 12:00 |
| 02:00 | 13:00 |
| 03:00 | 14:00 |
| 04:00 | 15:00 |
| 05:00 | 16:00 |
| 06:00 | 17:00 |
| 07:00 | 18:00 |
| 08:00 | 19:00 |
| 09:00 | 20:00 |
| 10:00 | 21:00 |
| 11:00 | 22:00 |
| 12:00 | 23:00 |
| 13:00 | 00:00 |
| 14:00 | 01:00 |
| 15:00 | 02:00 |
| 16:00 | 03:00 |
| 17:00 | 04:00 |
| 18:00 | 05:00 |
| 19:00 | 06:00 |
| 20:00 | 07:00 |
| 21:00 | 08:00 |
| 22:00 | 09:00 |
| 23:00 | 10:00 |
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
Bangladesh Standard Time
Offset: BST is 6 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Bangladesh
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is Dhaka in Bangladesh, with about 10.357 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Comilla.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Bangladesh Standard Time (BST) do not change for daylight saving time, so BST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
BST representations, usage and related time zones
- +06 - basic short
- +0600 - basic
- +06:00 - extended
- +0600 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Foxtrot - Military abbreviation for BST
- F - short form of 'Foxtrot'
- British Summer Time - UTC +1
- Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
- Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
- ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
- BST - Bangladesh Standard Time
- BDT - Bangladesh Time
- BTT - Bhutan Time
- F - Foxtrot Time Zone
- IOT - Indian Chagos Time
- KGT - Kyrgyzstan Time
- OMST - Omsk Standard Time
- QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
- XJT - Xinjiang Time
- YEKST - Yekaterinburg Summer Time