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EGT
East Greenland Time
GMT -1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
BST
British Summer Time
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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11:00 am11:00 EGT (UTC-1), Oct 12, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 BST (UTC+1), Oct 12, 2026

EGT is 2 hours behind BST.

EGT and BST examples

These examples always use EGT (UTC-1) and BST (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

EGT is 2 hours behind BST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EGT is 2 hours behind BST. At other times of the year, WGST is 2 hours behind GMT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EGT correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in BST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WGST correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in GMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EGT correspond to 11:00 to 19:00 in BST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WGST correspond to 11:00 to 19:00 in GMT.

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

Time Difference

East Greenland Time is 2 hours behind British Summer Time.
11:00 am11:00 in EGT is 1:00 pm13:00 in BST

EGT to BST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in EGT which corresponds to 11am-5pm11:00-17:00 in BST

11:00 am11:00 East Greenland Time (EGT). Offset UTC -1:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

11:00 am11:00 EGT / 1:00 pm13:00 BST

EGTBST
12:00am2:00am
1:00am3:00am
2:00am4:00am
3:00am5:00am
4:00am6:00am
5:00am7:00am
6:00am8:00am
7:00am9:00am
8:00am10:00am
9:00am11:00am
10:00am12:00pm
11:00am1:00pm
12:00pm2:00pm
1:00pm3:00pm
2:00pm4:00pm
3:00pm5:00pm
4:00pm6:00pm
5:00pm7:00pm
6:00pm8:00pm
7:00pm9:00pm
8:00pm10:00pm
9:00pm11:00pm
10:00pm12:00am
11:00pm1:00am
00:0002:00
01:0003:00
02:0004:00
03:0005:00
04:0006:00
05:0007:00
06:0008:00
07:0009:00
08:0010:00
09:0011:00
10:0012:00
11:0013:00
12:0014:00
13:0015:00
14:0016:00
15:0017:00
16:0018:00
17:0019:00
18:0020:00
19:0021:00
20:0022:00
21:0023:00
22:0000:00
23:0001:00

East Greenland Time

Offset: EGT is 1 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Greenland

Daylight Saving: East Greenland Time (EGT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Greenland Standard Time (GMT-2).

Start: East Greenland Time (EGT) started on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 11:00 pm23:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 12:00 am00:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Saturday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: East Greenland Time (EGT) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, October 24, 2026, 11:00 pm23:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EGT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -01 - basic short
  • -0100 - basic
  • -01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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 west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • November - Military abbreviation for EGT
  • N - short form of 'November'
Time zones with the GMT -1 offset:
  • EGT - East Greenland Time
  • WGST - Western Greenland Summer Time
  • AZOT - Azores Time
  • CVT - Cape Verde Time
  • N - November Time Zone

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.

BST Time Zone Geo Map
BST timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: 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.

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
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects BST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
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 +1 offset:
  • 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