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9:00 pm21:00 BST (UTC+6), Nov 1, 2026 = 10:00 am10:00 EST (UTC-5), Nov 1, 2026

BST is 11 hours ahead of EST.

BST and EST (US winter time, UTC-5) examples

These examples always use BST (UTC+6) 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.

BST is 11 hours ahead of EST.

EST is US Eastern winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year New York uses EDT (UTC-4), one hour later. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use BST-ASIA to ET. For daylight-time examples, use BST-ASIA to EDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, BST Asia is 10 hours ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, BST Asia is 11 hours ahead of EST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in BST Asia correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 8:00 am in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in BST Asia correspond to 10:00 pm (previous day) to 7:00 am in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in BST Asia correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 08:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in BST Asia correspond to 22:00 (previous day) to 07:00 in EST.

Compare BST time with EST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Bangladesh Standard Time is 11 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.
9:00 pm21:00 in BST is 10:00 am10:00 in EST

BST to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30pm-7:30pm18:30-19:30 in BST which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in EST. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

9:00 pm21:00 Bangladesh Standard Time (BST). Offset UTC +6:00 hours
10:00 am10:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

9:00 pm21:00 BST / 10:00 am10:00 EST

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Bangladesh Standard Time

Offset: BST is 6 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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 Chattogram, Gazipur, Khulna, Rangpur.

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; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

BST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +06 - basic short
  • +0600 - basic
  • +06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Foxtrot - Military abbreviation for BST
  • F - short form of 'Foxtrot'
BST Abbreviation: Several time zones share BST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • British Summer Time - UTC +1
  • Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
  • Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
Time zones with the GMT +6 offset:
  • 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

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, 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, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Map of the areas on Eastern Standard Time (EST)
EST all year EST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on EST.

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).

123456789101112Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

123456789101112End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • 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