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8:00 am08:00 AST (UTC-4), Oct 22, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 BST (UTC+1), Oct 22, 2026

Philipsburg is 5 hours behind BST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten is 5 hours behind BST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten is 4 hours behind GMT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in BST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten correspond to 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm in GMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 in BST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten correspond to 13:00 to 22:00 in GMT.

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

Time Difference

AST (Atlantic Standard Time) is 5 hours behind British Summer Time.
8:00 am08:00 in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten is 1:00 pm13:00 in BST

Philipsburg to BST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in Philipsburg which corresponds to 2pm-6pm14:00-18:00 in BST

8:00 am08:00 AST (Atlantic Standard Time) (Philipsburg, Sint Maarten). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

8:00 am08:00 Philipsburg, Sint Maarten / 1:00 pm13:00 BST

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Philipsburg Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
AST – Atlantic Standard Time, UTC-4 (no daylight saving time)

Philipsburg Facts

Country
Sint Maarten
Alternative Names
Filip'smpournk, Filipsburg, Filipsburgas, Great Bay, Philipsburg, fei li pu si bao, fi lipsburkh, firippusuburufu, flpsbrg, fylypsbwrg synt martn, pilipcuparku, pillibseubwileuheu, Φίλιπσμπουργκ, Филипсбург, Філіпсбург, فلپسبرگ, فیلیپسبورگ، سینت مارتن, பிலிப்சுபர்கு, ฟีลิปส์บืร์ค, ფილიპსბურგი, フィリップスブルフ, 菲利普斯堡, 필립스뷔르흐
Population
1,400
Currency
Guilder (XCG)
Geographic Coordinates
18° 01' N Latitude / 63° 02' W Longitude

British Summer Time

Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, United Kingdom

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.

Current time in the United Kingdom: UK time now

Map of the areas on British Summer Time (BST)
BST part of the year

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).

123456789101112Start: 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.

123456789101112End: 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 United Kingdom daylight saving time and 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