BST to KOST Converter
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1:00 pm13:00 BST (UTC+1), Oct 13, 2026 = 11:00 pm23:00 KOST (UTC+11), Oct 13, 2026
BST is 10 hours behind KOST.
BST and KOST examples
These examples always use BST (UTC+1) and KOST (UTC+11). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
BST is 10 hours behind KOST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, BST is 10 hours behind KOST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, GMT is 11 hours behind KOST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in BST correspond to 7:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in KOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT correspond to 8:00 pm to 4:00 am (next day) in KOST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in BST correspond to 19:00 to 03:00 (next day) in KOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT correspond to 20:00 to 04:00 (next day) in KOST.
Compare BST time with KOST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
British Summer Time is 10 hours behind Kosrae Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in BST is 11:00 pm23:00 in KOST
BST to KOST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in BST which corresponds to 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in KOST. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
1:00 pm13:00 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
11:00 pm23:00 Kosrae Time (KOST). Offset UTC +11:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 BST / 11:00 pm23:00 KOST
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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
Kosrae Time
Offset: KOST is 11 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Micronesia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the KOST time zone is Tofol in Micronesia, with about 9,686 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lelu.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Kosrae Time (KOST) do not change for daylight saving time, so KOST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
KOST representations, usage and related time zones
- +11 - basic short
- +1100 - basic
- +11:00 - extended
- +1100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Lima - Military abbreviation for KOST
- L - short form of 'Lima'
- AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
- BST - Bougainville Standard Time
- KOST - Kosrae Time
- L - Lima Time Zone
- LHDT - Lord Howe Daylight Time
- MAGT - Magadan Time
- NCT - New Caledonia Time
- NFT - Norfolk Time
- PETT - Kamchatka Time
- PONT - Pohnpei Standard Time
- SBT - Solomon IslandsTime
- VLAST - Vladivostok Summer Time
- VUT - Vanuatu Time