BMT to WAST Converter
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BMT and WAST examples
These examples always use BMT (UTC+1) and WAST (UTC+2). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
BMT is 1 hour behind WAST.
How the time difference changes
BMT is 1 hour behind WAST year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in BMT correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in WAST.
Compare BMT time with WAST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Biel Mean Time is 1 hour behind West Africa Summer Time
1:00 pm13:00 in BMT is 2:00 pm14:00 in WAST
BMT to WAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm in BMT which corresponds to 10am-5pm in WAST
1:00 pm13:00 Biel Mean Time (BMT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
2:00 pm14:00 West Africa Summer Time (WAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 BMT / 2:00 pm14:00 WAST
| BMT | WAST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 1am |
| 1am | 2am |
| 2am | 3am |
| 3am | 4am |
| 4am | 5am |
| 5am | 6am |
| 6am | 7am |
| 7am | 8am |
| 8am | 9am |
| 9am | 10am |
| 10am | 11am |
| 11am | 12pm (noon) |
| 12pm (noon) | 1pm |
| 1pm | 2pm |
| 2pm | 3pm |
| 3pm | 4pm |
| 4pm | 5pm |
| 5pm | 6pm |
| 6pm | 7pm |
| 7pm | 8pm |
| 8pm | 9pm |
| 9pm | 10pm |
| 10pm | 11pm |
| 11pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 00:00 | 01:00 |
| 01:00 | 02:00 |
| 02:00 | 03:00 |
| 03:00 | 04:00 |
| 04:00 | 05:00 |
| 05:00 | 06:00 |
| 06:00 | 07:00 |
| 07:00 | 08:00 |
| 08:00 | 09:00 |
| 09:00 | 10:00 |
| 10:00 | 11:00 |
| 11:00 | 12:00 |
| 12:00 | 13:00 |
| 13:00 | 14:00 |
| 14:00 | 15:00 |
| 15:00 | 16:00 |
| 16:00 | 17:00 |
| 17:00 | 18:00 |
| 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 19:00 | 20:00 |
| 20:00 | 21:00 |
| 21:00 | 22:00 |
| 22:00 | 23:00 |
| 23:00 | 00:00 |
Biel Mean Time
Offset: BMT is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Tunisia, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BMT time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Rome, Paris, Algiers.
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).
Start: Biel Mean Time (BMT) started on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
End: Biel Mean Time (BMT) ends on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
BMT representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +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.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for BMT
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- 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
West Africa Summer Time
Offset: WAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries using this time zone: Namibia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the WAST time zone is Windhoek in Namibia, with about 268,132 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Rundu, Walvis Bay, Oshakati, Swakopmund.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in West Africa Summer Time (WAST) do not change for daylight saving time, so WAST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

WAST representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for WAST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time
