BDT to CET Converter
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6:00 pm18:00 BDT (UTC+6), Oct 18, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 18, 2026
BDT is 4 hours ahead of CEST.
BDT and CET examples
These examples always use BDT (UTC+6) and CET (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
BDT is 5 hours ahead of CET.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, BDT is 4 hours ahead of CEST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, BDT is 5 hours ahead of CET.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in BDT correspond to 5:00 am to 2:00 pm in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in BDT correspond to 4:00 am to 1:00 pm in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in BDT correspond to 05:00 to 14:00 in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in BDT correspond to 04:00 to 13:00 in CET.
Compare BDT time with CET time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Bangladesh Time is 4 hours ahead of Central European Summer Time.
6:00 pm18:00 in BDT is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST
BDT to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-6pm13:00-18:00 in BDT which corresponds to 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in CEST
6:00 pm18:00 Bangladesh Time (BDT). Offset UTC +6:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
6:00 pm18:00 BDT / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST
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Bangladesh Time
Offset: BDT is 6 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Bangladesh
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BDT time zone is Dhaka in Bangladesh, with about 10.357 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chattogram, Gazipur, Khulna, Rangpur.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Bangladesh Time (BDT) do not change for daylight saving time, so BDT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
BDT 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 BDT
- F - short form of 'Foxtrot'
- 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
- XJT - Xinjiang Time
- YEKST - Yekaterinburg Summer Time
Central European Time
Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.
German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
Today the lighter areas are on UTC+2 (CEST).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).
End: Central European Time (CET) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
Start: Central European Time (CET) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
CET representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for CET
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Africa/Algiers
- Africa/Ceuta
- Africa/Tunis
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
- CET
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Europe/Andorra
- Europe/Belgrade
- Europe/Berlin
- Europe/Bratislava
- Europe/Brussels
- Europe/Budapest
- Europe/Busingen
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Europe/Gibraltar
- Europe/Ljubljana
- Europe/Luxembourg
- Europe/Madrid
- Europe/Malta
- Europe/Monaco
- Europe/Oslo
- Europe/Paris
- Europe/Podgorica
- Europe/Prague
- Europe/Rome
- Europe/San_Marino
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Europe/Skopje
- Europe/Stockholm
- Europe/Tirane
- Europe/Vaduz
- Europe/Vatican
- Europe/Vienna
- Europe/Warsaw
- Europe/Zagreb
- Europe/Zurich
- MET
- Poland
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time