EST to BMT Converter
Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
Quick answers
Selected conversion
8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 3, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 BMT (UTC+1), Oct 3, 2026
EDT is 5 hours behind BMT.
EST and BMT examples
These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and BMT (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EST is 6 hours behind BMT.
EST uses UTC-5 during standard time. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use ET to BMT. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to BMT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, EDT is 5 hours behind BMT. At other times of the year, EST is 6 hours behind BMT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EDT correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in BMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EST correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in BMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EDT correspond to 14:00 to 22:00 in BMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EST correspond to 15:00 to 23:00 in BMT.
Compare EST time with BMT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 5 hours behind Biel Mean Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 1:00 pm13:00 in BMT
EDT to BMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in EDT which corresponds to 2pm-5pm14:00-17:00 in BMT
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Biel Mean Time (BMT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
8:00 am08:00 EDT / 1:00 pm13:00 BMT
| EDT | BMT |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 5:00am |
| 1:00am | 6:00am |
| 2:00am | 7:00am |
| 3:00am | 8:00am |
| 4:00am | 9:00am |
| 5:00am | 10:00am |
| 6:00am | 11:00am |
| 7:00am | 12:00pm |
| 8:00am | 1:00pm |
| 9:00am | 2:00pm |
| 10:00am | 3:00pm |
| 11:00am | 4:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 12:00am |
| 8:00pm | 1:00am |
| 9:00pm | 2:00am |
| 10:00pm | 3:00am |
| 11:00pm | 4:00am |
| 00:00 | 05:00 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 |
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
Biel Mean Time
Offset: BMT is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Tunisia, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BMT time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).
End: Biel Mean Time (BMT) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
Start: Biel Mean Time (BMT) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
BMT 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 BMT
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- 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