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London's clocks go back 1 hour on Sun, Oct 25 · BST → GMT

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6:00 pm18:00 BDT (UTC+6), Oct 19, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 BST (UTC+1), Oct 19, 2026

BDT is 5 hours ahead of London.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, BDT is 5 hours ahead of London. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, BDT is 6 hours ahead of London.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in BDT correspond to 4:00 am to 1:00 pm in London. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in BDT correspond to 3:00 am to 12:00 pm in London.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in BDT correspond to 04:00 to 13:00 in London. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in BDT correspond to 03:00 to 12:00 in London.

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

Time Difference

Bangladesh Time is 5 hours ahead of BST (British Summer Time).
6:00 pm18:00 in BDT is 1:00 pm13:00 in London, United Kingdom

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

6:00 pm18:00 Bangladesh Time (BDT). Offset UTC +6:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 BST (British Summer Time) (London, United Kingdom). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

6:00 pm18:00 BDT / 1:00 pm13:00 London, United Kingdom

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Bangladesh Time

Offset: BDT is 6 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bangladesh

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BDT time zone is Dhaka in Bangladesh, with about 10.357 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chattogram, Gazipur, Khulna, Rangpur.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Bangladesh Time (BDT) do not change for daylight saving time, so BDT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

BDT 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 an offset of six hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Foxtrot - Military abbreviation for BDT
  • F - short form of 'Foxtrot'
Time zones with the GMT +6 offset:
  • 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
  • XJT - Xinjiang Time
  • YEKST - Yekaterinburg Summer Time

London Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
BST – British Summer Time, UTC+1 (now, daylight saving time)
GMT – Greenwich Mean Time, UTC+0 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (GMT). DST ends on the last Sunday of October each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 1:00 amSunday, March 28, 2027 at 01:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 2:00 am02:00 (BST). DST starts on the last Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

London Facts

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