BMT to EST Converter
Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
Quick answers
Selected conversion
1:00 pm13:00 BMT (UTC+1), Oct 3, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 3, 2026
BMT is 5 hours ahead of EDT.
BMT and EST examples
These examples always use BMT (UTC+1) and EST (UTC-5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
BMT is 6 hours ahead of EST.
EST uses UTC-5 during standard time. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use BMT to ET. For daylight-time examples, use BMT to EDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, BMT is 5 hours ahead of EDT. At other times of the year, BMT is 6 hours ahead of EST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in BMT correspond to 4:00 am to 12:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in BMT correspond to 3:00 am to 11:00 am in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in BMT correspond to 04:00 to 12:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in BMT correspond to 03:00 to 11:00 in EST.
Compare BMT time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Biel Mean Time is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in BMT is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT
BMT to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-5pm14:00-17:00 in BMT which corresponds to 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in EDT
1:00 pm13:00 Biel Mean Time (BMT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 BMT / 8:00 am08:00 EDT
| BMT | EDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 7:00pm |
| 1:00am | 8:00pm |
| 2:00am | 9:00pm |
| 3:00am | 10:00pm |
| 4:00am | 11:00pm |
| 5:00am | 12:00am |
| 6:00am | 1:00am |
| 7:00am | 2:00am |
| 8:00am | 3:00am |
| 9:00am | 4:00am |
| 10:00am | 5:00am |
| 11:00am | 6:00am |
| 12:00pm | 7:00am |
| 1:00pm | 8:00am |
| 2:00pm | 9:00am |
| 3:00pm | 10:00am |
| 4:00pm | 11:00am |
| 5:00pm | 12:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 1:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 2:00pm |
| 8:00pm | 3:00pm |
| 9:00pm | 4:00pm |
| 10:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 11:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 00:00 | 19:00 |
| 01:00 | 20:00 |
| 02:00 | 21:00 |
| 03:00 | 22:00 |
| 04:00 | 23:00 |
| 05:00 | 00:00 |
| 06:00 | 01:00 |
| 07:00 | 02:00 |
| 08:00 | 03:00 |
| 09:00 | 04:00 |
| 10:00 | 05:00 |
| 11:00 | 06:00 |
| 12:00 | 07:00 |
| 13:00 | 08:00 |
| 14:00 | 09:00 |
| 15:00 | 10:00 |
| 16:00 | 11:00 |
| 17:00 | 12:00 |
| 18:00 | 13:00 |
| 19:00 | 14:00 |
| 20:00 | 15:00 |
| 21:00 | 16:00 |
| 22:00 | 17:00 |
| 23:00 | 18:00 |
Biel Mean Time
Offset: BMT is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Tunisia, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BMT time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.
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: Biel Mean Time (BMT) 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: Biel Mean Time (BMT) 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.
BMT 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 BMT
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- 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
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 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.
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).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
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