BST
Bangladesh Standard Time
GMT +6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

Bangladesh Standard Time is 6 hours ahead of Universal Time Coordinated
6:00 pm18:00 in BST is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC

BST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-5pm in BST which corresponds to 9am-11am in UTC

6:00 pm18:00 Bangladesh Standard Time (BST). Offset UTC +6:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

6:00 pm18:00 BST / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC

BSTUTC
12am (midnight)6pm
1am7pm
2am8pm
3am9pm
4am10pm
5am11pm
6am12am (midnight)
7am1am
8am2am
9am3am
10am4am
11am5am
12pm (noon)6am
1pm7am
2pm8am
3pm9am
4pm10am
5pm11am
6pm12pm (noon)
7pm1pm
8pm2pm
9pm3pm
10pm4pm
11pm5pm
00:0018:00
01:0019:00
02:0020:00
03:0021:00
04:0022:00
05:0023:00
06:0000:00
07:0001:00
08:0002:00
09:0003:00
10:0004:00
11:0005:00
12:0006:00
13:0007:00
14:0008:00
15:0009:00
16:0010:00
17:0011:00
18:0012:00
19:0013:00
20:0014:00
21:0015:00
22:0016:00
23:0017:00

Bangladesh Standard Time

Offset: BST is 6 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bangladesh

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST timezone is Dhaka from Bangladesh with population about 10.357 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Comilla

Daylight Saving: Bangladesh Standard Time (BST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore BST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Bangladesh Standard Time remains the same

BST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +06 - basic short
  • +0600 - basic
  • +06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0600 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Foxtrot - Military abbreviation for BST
  • F - short form of 'Foxtrot'
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 +6 offset:
  • ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
  • BST - Bangladesh Standard Time
  • BDT - Bangladesh Time
  • BTT - Bhutan Time
  • F - Foxtrot Time Zone
  • IOT - Indian Chagos Time
  • KGT - Kyrgyzstan Time
  • OMST - Omsk Standard Time
  • QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
  • XJT - Xinjiang Time
  • YEKST - Yekaterinburg Summer Time

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone