BST to AST Converter
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1:00 pm13:00 BST (UTC+1), Oct 14, 2026 = 9:00 am09:00 ADT (UTC-3), Oct 14, 2026
BST is 4 hours ahead of ADT.
BST and AST examples
These examples always use BST (UTC+1) and AST (UTC-4). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
BST is 5 hours ahead of AST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, BST is 4 hours ahead of ADT. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, GMT is 3 hours ahead of ADT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, GMT is 4 hours ahead of AST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in BST correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm in ADT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm in AST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in ADT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in BST correspond to 05:00 to 13:00 in ADT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT correspond to 05:00 to 13:00 in AST or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT correspond to 06:00 to 14:00 in ADT.
Compare BST time with AST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
British Summer Time is 4 hours ahead of Atlantic Daylight Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in BST is 9:00 am09:00 in ADT
BST to ADT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-5pm13:00-17:00 in BST which corresponds to 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in ADT
1:00 pm13:00 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
9:00 am09:00 Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 BST / 9:00 am09:00 ADT
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British Summer Time
Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Britain (UK), Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield.
Today all shaded areas are on BST.
Daylight Saving: British Summer Time (BST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Start: British Summer Time (BST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.
End: British Summer Time (BST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.
BST 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 BST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- British Summer Time - UTC +1
- Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
- Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
- 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
Atlantic Standard Time
Offset: AST is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, Aruba, Barbados, St Barthelemy, Bermuda, Caribbean NL, Canada, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Greenland, Guadeloupe, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Martin (French), Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St Maarten (Dutch), Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent, Virgin Islands (UK), Virgin Islands (US)
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST time zone is Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, with about 2.202 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago de los Caballeros, Halifax, San Juan, San Pedro de Macorís.
French: HNA - Heure Normale de l'Atlantique
Spanish: AST - Tiempo Estándar del Atlántico
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−3 (ADT).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT).
End: Atlantic Standard Time (AST) 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: Atlantic Standard Time (AST) 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.
AST representations, usage and related time zones
- -04 - basic short
- -0400 - basic
- -04:00 - extended
- -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Quebec - Military abbreviation for AST
- Q - short form of 'Quebec'
- America/Anguilla
- America/Antigua
- America/Aruba
- America/Barbados
- America/Blanc-Sablon
- America/Curacao
- America/Dominica
- America/Glace_Bay
- America/Goose_Bay
- America/Grenada
- America/Guadeloupe
- America/Halifax
- America/Kralendijk
- America/Lower_Princes
- America/Marigot
- America/Martinique
- America/Moncton
- America/Montserrat
- America/Port_of_Spain
- America/Puerto_Rico
- America/Santo_Domingo
- America/St_Barthelemy
- America/St_Kitts
- America/St_Lucia
- America/St_Thomas
- America/St_Vincent
- America/Thule
- America/Tortola
- America/Virgin
- Atlantic/Bermuda
- Canada/Atlantic
- Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
- Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
- AST - Atlantic Standard Time
- EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
- AMT - Amazon Time
- BOT - Bolivia Time
- CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
- CLT - Chile Standard Time
- FKT - Falkland Island Time
- GYT - Guyana Time
- HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
- PYT - Paraguay Time
- Q - Quebec Time Zone
- VET - Venezuelan Standard Time