EST to BMT Converter

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EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
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Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
Use EST all year (UTC−5)
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This converter keeps BMT at UTC+1. Berlin uses CEST (UTC+2) on this date. Open the CEST converter, or choose Berlin, Madrid, or Rome for city-specific time.

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8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 18, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 BMT (UTC+1), Oct 18, 2026

EDT is 5 hours behind BMT.

EST (US winter time, UTC-5) and BMT examples

These examples always use EST (UTC-5) and BMT (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

EST is 6 hours behind BMT.

EST is US Eastern winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year New York uses EDT (UTC-4), one hour later. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use ET to BMT. For daylight-time examples, use EDT to BMT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EDT is 5 hours behind BMT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EST is 6 hours behind BMT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EDT correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in BMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EST correspond to 3:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in BMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EDT correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 in BMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EST correspond to 15:00 to 00:00 (next day) in BMT.

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

Time Difference

Eastern Daylight Time is 5 hours behind Biel Mean Time.
8:00 am08:00 in EDT is 1:00 pm13:00 in BMT

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

8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Biel Mean Time (BMT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

8:00 am08:00 EDT / 1:00 pm13:00 BMT

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Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Map of the areas on Eastern Standard Time (EST)
EST all year EST part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).

Open the world time zone map© OpenStreetMap

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

123456789101112End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Atikokan
  • America/Cancun
  • America/Cayman
  • America/Coral_Harbour
  • America/Detroit
  • America/Fort_Wayne
  • America/Grand_Turk
  • America/Indiana/Indianapolis
  • America/Indiana/Marengo
  • America/Indiana/Petersburg
  • America/Indiana/Vevay
  • America/Indiana/Vincennes
  • America/Indiana/Winamac
  • America/Indianapolis
  • America/Iqaluit
  • America/Jamaica
  • America/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Louisville
  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Panama
  • America/Pangnirtung
  • America/Port-au-Prince
  • America/Thunder_Bay
  • America/Toronto
  • Canada/Eastern
  • EST
  • EST5EDT
  • Jamaica
  • US/East-Indiana
  • US/Eastern
  • US/Michigan
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone

Biel Mean Time

Offset: BMT is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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).

123456789101112End: Biel Mean Time (BMT) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

123456789101112Start: Biel Mean Time (BMT) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

BMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for BMT
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • 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
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