Convert Bangladesh Standard Time to Eastern Standard Time
Instantly convert Bangladesh Standard Time (BST) to Eastern Standard Time (EST) with our free online calculator.
Bangladesh Standard Time
11:20:52 AM
Wed, Jun 24 (BST)
Eastern Standard Time
12:20:52 AM
Wed, Jun 24 (EST)
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24-Hour Comparison
| BST | EST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 1:00 PM(-1d) |
| 1:00 AM | 2:00 PM(-1d) |
| 2:00 AM | 3:00 PM(-1d) |
| 3:00 AM | 4:00 PM(-1d) |
| 4:00 AM | 5:00 PM(-1d) |
| 5:00 AM | 6:00 PM(-1d) |
| 6:00 AM | 7:00 PM(-1d) |
| 7:00 AM | 8:00 PM(-1d) |
| 8:00 AM | 9:00 PM(-1d) |
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 PM(-1d) |
| 10:00 AM | 11:00 PM(-1d) |
| 11:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 6:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 7:00 AM |
| 7:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 8:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 9:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 10:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 11:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
How to Convert Bangladesh Standard Time to Eastern Standard Time
Formula
To convert Bangladesh Standard Time (BST) to Eastern Standard Time (EST): Convert BST to EST
About Bangladesh Standard Time (BST)
Bangladesh Standard Time (BST, IANA: Asia/Dhaka) is the civil time of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, set at UTC+6:00 year-round. Bangladesh introduced Daylight Saving Time in 2009 (clocks advanced one hour) but abolished it later in 2009 after public confusion + religious-prayer-time complications. BST is identical in offset to Bhutan Time (BTT), Kyrgyzstan Time (KGT), Omsk Time (Russian Federation Yekaterinburg region), and Vostok Antarctica Time — facilitating cross-Central-Asia + South-Asia coordination. The 'BST' abbreviation is ambiguous globally — it also stands for British Summer Time (UTC+1), so in international aviation/business contexts the IANA identifier 'Asia/Dhaka' is preferred. BST serves approximately 170 million Bangladeshi people across 8 divisions + 64 districts. Major cities: Dhaka (10M city, 22M metro — the world's 4th most populous city after Tokyo/Delhi/Shanghai), Chittagong (2.6M city, 5.5M metro — main seaport on the Bay of Bengal), Khulna (660K), Rajshahi (450K), Sylhet (480K), Barisal (330K), Rangpur (340K), Mymensingh (260K). Affects: Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) trading hours, garment-industry shift scheduling (textile manufacturing is Bangladesh's largest export industry).
About Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Eastern Standard Time (EST, IANA: America/New_York, America/Toronto) is the time zone for the US Eastern Seaboard and Canadian eastern provinces, set at UTC-5:00. EST is the most economically and politically significant US time zone, serving the NYC-Washington DC-Boston-Atlanta-Miami corridor of ~150 million people across the entire US Eastern region (New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida except panhandle, Ohio, Kentucky eastern, Tennessee eastern, Indiana most, Michigan most), eastern Canada (Quebec, Ontario), and the Caribbean (Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Panama since 1908). EST observes DST per Energy Policy Act 2005 (switching to EDT = UTC-4:00 from March to November). NYSE official market hours 09:30-16:00 EST/EDT, Wall Street financial reporting, US Federal Government Washington DC working hours, and US Capitol legislative sessions all reference EST/EDT. The historical 'Big Three' US TV-network prime-time was 8-11 PM EST.