BST to EST Converter
Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
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1:00 pm13:00 BST (UTC+1), Oct 8, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 8, 2026
BST is 5 hours ahead of EDT.
BST and EST examples
These examples always use BST (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.
BST is 6 hours ahead of EST.
EST uses UTC-5 during standard time. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use BST to ET. For daylight-time examples, use BST to EDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, BST is 5 hours ahead of EDT. At other times of the year, GMT is 5 hours ahead of EST or GMT is 4 hours ahead of EDT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in BST 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 GMT correspond to 4:00 am to 12:00 pm in EST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm in EDT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in BST correspond to 04:00 to 12:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT correspond to 04:00 to 12:00 in EST or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT correspond to 05:00 to 13:00 in EDT.
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
British Summer Time is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in BST is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT
BST to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-5pm14:00-17:00 in BST which corresponds to 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in EDT
1:00 pm13:00 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 BST / 8:00 am08:00 EDT
| BST | 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 |
British Summer Time
Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
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 United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Saint Helier.
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
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