BST to EST Converter - Savvy Time (2024)

FAQs

How many hours apart is BST to EST? ›

What is the difference between BST and EST time zones? The British Summer Time (BST) is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Eastern Time is 5:00 hours behind UK Time

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The British Summer Time (BST) is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in effect changing the time zone from UTC±00:00 to UTC+01:00, so that mornings have one hour less daylight, and evenings one hour more. This time zone is only used for DST.

Most years the US changes to and from Daylight Saving Time about the same time as the UK changes to and from British Summer Time. This year, the US moved to Daylight Saving two weeks before the UK changed to BST so for two weeks London was only four hours ahead of New York.

When the time was 03:00AM on Wednesday, June 12 in Eastern Standard Time, it was 09:00AM in London. Eastern Standard Time is 6 hours behind London. Press any time in the table below to open and share the event time page.

What is the difference between GMT and EST time zones? GMT is 5 hours ahead of EST. If you are in GMT, the most convenient time to accommodate all parties is between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm for a conference call or meeting. In EST, this will be a usual working time of between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm.

The period when the clocks are 1 hour ahead is called British Summer Time (BST). There's more daylight in the evenings and less in the mornings (sometimes called Daylight Saving Time).

Instead of turning the clocks at midnight, as might be expected, the time change happens at 2 a.m. because of railroad schedules. When DST was introduced during World War I, it was one of the few times when there were no trains traveling on the tracks.

Why do the clocks change to BST? ›

British Summer Time is a mechanism to make the most of increased summer daylight hours in the northern hemisphere.

Choosing Time Zone

Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) is similar to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) but, unlike the latter, does not adjust to account for Daylight Savings Time. You can figure out which time zone you're in by searching Time Zone Map or Time Zone [CITY] UTC.

British Summer Time is a mechanism to make the most of increased summer daylight hours in the northern hemisphere.

BST Only in the UK

GMT is the standard time zone in Ireland and the United Kingdom, including England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. All of these countries use DST during part of the year, but under different names. The United Kingdom and its Crown dependencies use British Summer Time during the DST period.