Timezone Truth

Why writing "BST" is dangerous

Most runtimes accept BST and resolve it to Bangladesh, UTC+6 — when nearly everyone means British Summer Time, UTC+1.

2026-06-15 12:00 · Europe/LondonAsia/Dhaka

Mon, 2026-06-15, 12:00 in Europe/London is Mon, 2026-06-15, 17:00 in Asia/Dhaka.

2026-06-15T11:00:00.000Z

From

Europe/London

Mon, 2026-06-15, 12:00

UTC+01:00 · GMT+1

To

Asia/Dhaka

Mon, 2026-06-15, 17:00

UTC+06:00 · GMT+6

What to watch for

  • Note

    Asia/Dhaka does not observe daylight saving

    Asia/Dhaka keeps the same offset all year, so its clocks never change. If the other zone does observe it, the gap between them shifts twice a year even though nothing changes on this side.

Upcoming clock changes

Europe/London

  • 2026-10-25T01:00:14.062Z

    Clocks fall back an hour: the wall clock returns to 01:00, so that hour happens twice.

    UTC+01:00UTC+00:00 (GMT+1GMT)

  • 2027-03-28T01:00:14.062Z

    Clocks jump forward an hour: 02:00 is followed by 02:00, and the times in between never happen.

    UTC+00:00UTC+01:00 (GMTGMT+1)

Asia/Dhaka

No clock changes — this zone keeps one offset all year.

Convert your own time

Use the form on the home page, or call the API or MCP server. This page is also available as markdown.

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