BNT to IST Converter
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BNT and IST examples
These examples always use BNT (UTC+8) and IST (UTC+5:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
BNT is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST.
How the time difference changes
BNT is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of IST year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in BNT correspond to 6:30 am to 2:30 pm in IST.
Compare BNT time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Brunei Darussalam Time is 2 hours and 30 minutes ahead of India Standard Time
8:00 pm20:00 in BNT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
BNT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11:30am-5pm in BNT which corresponds to 9am-2:30pm in IST
8:00 pm20:00 Brunei Darussalam Time (BNT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
8:00 pm20:00 BNT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
| BNT | IST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 9:30 pm |
| 1am | 10:30 pm |
| 2am | 11:30 pm |
| 3am | 12:30 am |
| 4am | 1:30 am |
| 5am | 2:30 am |
| 6am | 3:30 am |
| 7am | 4:30 am |
| 8am | 5:30 am |
| 9am | 6:30 am |
| 10am | 7:30 am |
| 11am | 8:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 9:30 am |
| 1pm | 10:30 am |
| 2pm | 11:30 am |
| 3pm | 12:30 pm |
| 4pm | 1:30 pm |
| 5pm | 2:30 pm |
| 6pm | 3:30 pm |
| 7pm | 4:30 pm |
| 8pm | 5:30 pm |
| 9pm | 6:30 pm |
| 10pm | 7:30 pm |
| 11pm | 8:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 21:30 |
| 01:00 | 22:30 |
| 02:00 | 23:30 |
| 03:00 | 00:30 |
| 04:00 | 01:30 |
| 05:00 | 02:30 |
| 06:00 | 03:30 |
| 07:00 | 04:30 |
| 08:00 | 05:30 |
| 09:00 | 06:30 |
| 10:00 | 07:30 |
| 11:00 | 08:30 |
| 12:00 | 09:30 |
| 13:00 | 10:30 |
| 14:00 | 11:30 |
| 15:00 | 12:30 |
| 16:00 | 13:30 |
| 17:00 | 14:30 |
| 18:00 | 15:30 |
| 19:00 | 16:30 |
| 20:00 | 17:30 |
| 21:00 | 18:30 |
| 22:00 | 19:30 |
| 23:00 | 20:30 |
Brunei Darussalam Time
Offset: BNT is 8 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: Brunei
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BNT time zone is Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei, with about 64,409 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Kuala Belait, Seria, Tutong.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Brunei Darussalam Time (BNT) do not change for daylight saving time, so BNT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

BNT representations, usage and related time zones
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
- +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for BNT
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian Time
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
