Bangladesh Time
Live reference: Asia/Dhaka (GMT+6, +06:00)
Representative city: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Country anchors: Bangladesh
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Timezone abbreviation
BST currently resolves here through Asia/Dhaka, where the live offset is +06:00 (GMT+6). This page expands that into the broader meaning set, top cities, countries, similar labels, and safer exact-zone equivalents.
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Ambiguous Abbreviation
"BST" has 3 different meanings depending on the region.
BST maps to 3 distinct meanings spanning UTC+00:00 to UTC+11:00. Pick the one that matches your city or schedule before relying on the short code.
Live reference: Asia/Dhaka (GMT+6, +06:00)
Representative city: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Country anchors: Bangladesh
Live reference: Europe/London (GMT+1, +01:00)
Representative city: London, United Kingdom
Country anchors: United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, Mali
Live reference: Pacific/Bougainville (GMT+11, +11:00)
Representative city: Arawa, Papua New Guinea
Country anchors: Papua New Guinea
BST is reused across 3 different meanings in this dataset — Bangladesh Time, Greenwich Mean Time, and Bougainville Time — which is why the short code alone is not enough to identify a place. Each meaning maps to its own IANA zone family and its own DST behavior, and they happen to share the same letters by historical accident more than by design.
The busiest cities using BST in the current catalog are Dhaka, London, Abidjan, Bamako, and Chattogram. The lead live reference on this page is Dhaka (Asia/Dhaka), currently at +06:00 (GMT+6). Those cities are what give BST its actual feel rather than the abstract offset.
Because BST spans UTC+00:00 to UTC+11:00 across the active meanings, software, calendars, and contracts should always pin a specific IANA zone such as Asia/Dhaka or a literal UTC offset. The short label is fine for headlines and chat; it is the wrong primitive for storing or scheduling timestamps.
Live reference
Asia/Dhaka
Current offset
+06:00 (GMT+6)
Meanings / zones / countries
3 / 24 / 24
Offset range
UTC+00:00 to UTC+11:00
BST is well ahead of UTC, which usually means it is read inside Asia, the Middle East, or the Indian Ocean rim. In practice it is read inside South Asia, where the leading city anchors are Dhaka, Bangladesh, London, United Kingdom, and Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
BST is one of the genuinely ambiguous timezone shorthands: it carries 3 distinct meanings across 24 IANA zones and 24 country groupings, so context is the only thing that resolves it.
BST appears in calendar invites where the sender forgot to attach a city, which is exactly when it goes wrong. BST stays on a single offset year-round in the current data, which simplifies its operational use.
Zone family, representative city, current offset, country coverage, and nearby abbreviation context for BST.
Primary zone
Asia/Dhaka
Live offset
+06:00 · GMT+6
Region family
South Asia
Meaning count
3 meanings
Zone / country reach
24 zones · 24 countries
Representative city
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Country anchor
Bangladesh
DST posture
No upcoming seasonal clock change detected in the representative zone
Offset range
UTC+00:00 to UTC+11:00
Data fingerprint
This compact fingerprint is intentionally specific: exact zone IDs, place anchors, country anchors, transition cues, and offset peers. It gives humans and crawlers concrete reasons not to collapse BSTinto another abbreviation with the same clock hour.
Route identity
bst · BST · Bangladesh Time · Asia/Dhaka
Exact IANA zone set
Asia/Dhaka, Africa/Abidjan, and Africa/Bamako
Place anchors
Dhaka, Bangladesh, London, United Kingdom, and Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Country anchors
Bangladesh (Asia/Dhaka), United Kingdom (Europe/London), and Ivory Coast (Africa/Abidjan)
Transition fingerprints
Asia/Dhaka: no next-year switch, Africa/Abidjan: no next-year switch, and Africa/Bamako: no next-year switch
Offset peers to verify
BTT (Asia/Thimphu), IOT (Indian/Chagos), KGT (Asia/Bishkek), OMST (Asia/Omsk)
Abbreviation dossier
These checks separate the abbreviation from lookalike labels and same-offset codes: the representative IANA zone, the current civil-time reading, the city/country footprint, and whether the lead zone has an upcoming clock change.
Primary live reading
Bangladesh Time resolves through Asia/Dhaka right now: +06:00 (GMT+6).
Ambiguity status
BST has 3 meanings, so the city/country context matters before you store the abbreviation in a calendar invite or database.
DST and transition posture
Asia/Dhaka has no scheduled offset switch in the next year in this snapshot.
Country and city reach
BST is represented across 24 countries, 24 IANA zones, and lead cities including Dhaka, Bangladesh, London, United Kingdom, and Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Same-offset caution
BST and BTT currently share +06:00, but they point at different civil-time labels, cities, countries, and source contexts. Treat the matching offset as arithmetic only, not semantic equivalence.
Editorial check
BST ambiguity reading: Use Europe/London when the source means British Summer Time.
Precision layer
Timezone abbreviations are useful display labels, but they are weak storage keys. This register shows the exact risks for BST: ambiguity, seasonal changes, same-offset neighbors, and the safer value to store in software, calendars, or operations notes.
Abbreviation ambiguity risk
HighBST has 3 meanings across UTC+00:00 to UTC+11:00; use a city or IANA zone before scheduling.
Seasonal clock-change risk
LowAsia/Dhaka is stable for the next-year transition scan, so the main risk is policy change or same-offset confusion.
Same-offset confusion risk
Medium4 other abbreviation pages currently share +06:00; the same clock hour is not the same civil-time context.
Storage recommendation
Use exact zoneStore Asia/Dhaka or a UTC instant. Display BST only as a human-facing label after the exact zone is known.
Coverage breadth
24 zonesBST covers 24 IANA zones and 24 country groupings in this page's retained dataset.
Four fixed UTC checkpoints expose whether BST crosses a local date boundary in Asia/Dhaka. This is the practical difference between a harmless clock conversion and a deadline, release, travel, or reporting mistake.
BST keeps this checkpoint on the same calendar date as UTC in Asia/Dhaka.
BST keeps this checkpoint on the same calendar date as UTC in Asia/Dhaka.
BST keeps this checkpoint on the same calendar date as UTC in Asia/Dhaka.
BST moves this checkpoint to the next local date in Asia/Dhaka, which matters for reports, releases, travel, and deadline wording.
These abbreviation pages currently share +06:00with BST. They can show the same wall-clock hour while pointing at different countries, holidays, market calendars, languages, airports, and legal-time rules.
Bhutan Time
BTT shares the current UTC offset with BST, but it is anchored to Asia/Thimphu and Bhutan. Treat the shared offset as arithmetic only, not as the same holidays, cities, market calendars, or policy context.
Indian Ocean Time
IOT shares the current UTC offset with BST, but it is anchored to Indian/Chagos and British Indian Ocean Territory. Treat the shared offset as arithmetic only, not as the same holidays, cities, market calendars, or policy context.
Kyrgyzstan Time
KGT shares the current UTC offset with BST, but it is anchored to Asia/Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan. Treat the shared offset as arithmetic only, not as the same holidays, cities, market calendars, or policy context.
Omsk Time
OMST shares the current UTC offset with BST, but it is anchored to Asia/Omsk and Russia. Treat the shared offset as arithmetic only, not as the same holidays, cities, market calendars, or policy context.
The hardest abbreviation mistakes happen when two labels share a similar offset. This matrix spells out what changes when the neighboring label is actually a different civil clock, city cluster, or source context.
BST and GMT sit near each other in the catalog, but the live offset and representative-zone context differ. Use the exact IANA zone before storing or sharing the time.
BST and BTT currently share +06:00, but they point at different civil-time labels, cities, countries, and source contexts. Treat the matching offset as arithmetic only, not semantic equivalence.
BST and IOT currently share +06:00, but they point at different civil-time labels, cities, countries, and source contexts. Treat the matching offset as arithmetic only, not semantic equivalence.
BST and KGT currently share +06:00, but they point at different civil-time labels, cities, countries, and source contexts. Treat the matching offset as arithmetic only, not semantic equivalence.
BST and OMST currently share +06:00, but they point at different civil-time labels, cities, countries, and source contexts. Treat the matching offset as arithmetic only, not semantic equivalence.
BST and CCT sit near each other in the catalog, but the live offset and representative-zone context differ. Use the exact IANA zone before storing or sharing the time.
Editorial disambiguation
BST can mean British Summer Time in UK-facing schedules, but it can also appear as Bangladesh Standard Time in South Asia contexts. London and Dhaka are separated by five hours in summer and have completely different public holidays, languages, markets, and workweeks. This abbreviation needs a city check every time it appears outside an unmistakable UK source.
Bangladesh sits in Asia, specifically Southern Asia. Population 169,828,911, area 147,570 km², capital Dhaka. Civic markers behind BST include Bengali and BDT (Bangladeshi taka, ৳).
Bangladesh is linked as the country-level reference source for BST; the civic context above is drawn from structured country fields rather than copied reference prose.
BST in the Bangladesh Time meaning runs 6h ahead of UTC through South Asia, threading zones such as Asia/Dhaka (cities: Dhaka, Chattogram, and Gazipur). Country anchors: Bangladesh.
BST in the Greenwich Mean Time meaning runs 1h ahead of UTC through Europe, threading zones such as Africa/Abidjan, Africa/Bamako, and Africa/Bissau (cities: London, Abidjan, and Bamako). Country anchors: United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
BST in the Bougainville Time meaning runs 11h ahead of UTC through Atlantic, Pacific, or Indian Ocean island cluster, threading zones such as Pacific/Bougainville (cities: Arawa). Country anchors: Papua New Guinea.
Bangladesh Time
Current reading: GMT+6 at +06:00 in Bangladesh.
Asia/Dhaka does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include Dhaka, Chattogram, and Gazipur, while country anchors include Bangladesh.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Ivory Coast.
Africa/Abidjan does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Mali.
Africa/Bamako does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Guinea-Bissau.
Africa/Bissau does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Guinea.
Africa/Conakry does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Senegal.
Africa/Dakar does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Greenland.
America/Danmarkshavn does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Sierra Leone.
Africa/Freetown does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Saint Helena.
Atlantic/St_Helena does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Ghana.
Africa/Accra does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Togo.
Africa/Lome does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Liberia.
Africa/Monrovia does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Mauritania.
Africa/Nouakchott does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Burkina Faso.
Africa/Ouagadougou does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Iceland.
Atlantic/Reykjavik does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Sao Tome and Principe.
Africa/Sao_Tome does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT at +00:00 in Gambia.
Africa/Banjul does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT+1 at +01:00 in Isle of Man.
Europe/Isle_of_Man changes on October 25, 2026 at about 1:00 AM, moving from GMT+1 (+01:00) to GMT (+00:00).
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT+1 at +01:00 in Ireland.
Europe/Dublin changes on October 25, 2026 at about 1:00 AM, moving from GMT+1 (+01:00) to GMT (+00:00).
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT+1 at +01:00 in United Kingdom.
Europe/London changes on October 25, 2026 at about 1:00 AM, moving from GMT+1 (+01:00) to GMT (+00:00).
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT+1 at +01:00 in Jersey.
Europe/Jersey changes on October 25, 2026 at about 1:00 AM, moving from GMT+1 (+01:00) to GMT (+00:00).
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT+1 at +01:00 in Guernsey.
Europe/Guernsey changes on October 25, 2026 at about 1:00 AM, moving from GMT+1 (+01:00) to GMT (+00:00).
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Greenwich Mean Time
Current reading: GMT+2 at +02:00 in Antarctica.
Antarctica/Troll changes on October 25, 2026 at about 1:00 AM, moving from GMT+2 (+02:00) to GMT (+00:00).
City anchors include London, Abidjan, and Bamako, while country anchors include United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Bougainville Time
Current reading: GMT+11 at +11:00 in Papua New Guinea.
Pacific/Bougainville does not show a scheduled offset change in the next year, so the current offset can be treated as operationally stable for short-term planning.
City anchors include Arawa, while country anchors include Papua New Guinea.
Live reference zone: Asia/Dhaka (GMT+6, +06:00)
Leading city in the current dataset: Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Cities: Dhaka, Bangladesh, Chattogram, Bangladesh, and Gazipur, Bangladesh. Countries: Bangladesh.
Live zones: Asia/Dhaka (+06:00).
Countries
Bangladesh
Top cities
Dhaka, Chattogram, Gazipur, Khulna
Live reference zone: Europe/London (GMT+1, +01:00)
Leading city in the current dataset: London, United Kingdom.
Cities: London, United Kingdom, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and Bamako, Mali. Countries: United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Live zones: Africa/Abidjan (+00:00), Africa/Bamako (+00:00), and Africa/Bissau (+00:00).
Countries
United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal
Top cities
London, Abidjan, Bamako, Dakar
Live reference zone: Pacific/Bougainville (GMT+11, +11:00)
Leading city in the current dataset: Arawa, Papua New Guinea.
Cities: Arawa, Papua New Guinea. Countries: Papua New Guinea.
Live zones: Pacific/Bougainville (+11:00).
Countries
Papua New Guinea
Top cities
Arawa
Bangladesh spans 1 zone (137 cities) under BST. Visible cities: Dhaka, Chattogram, and Gazipur. Underlying zones: Asia/Dhaka.
United Kingdom spans 1 zone (863 cities) under BST. Visible cities: London, Birmingham, and Glasgow. Underlying zones: Europe/London.
Ivory Coast spans 1 zone (183 cities) under BST. Visible cities: Abidjan, Abobo, and Bouaké. Underlying zones: Africa/Abidjan.
Mali spans 1 zone (59 cities) under BST. Visible cities: Bamako, Sikasso, and Koutiala. Underlying zones: Africa/Bamako.
Senegal spans 1 zone (70 cities) under BST. Visible cities: Dakar, Touba, and Pikine. Underlying zones: Africa/Dakar.
Ghana spans 1 zone (102 cities) under BST. Visible cities: Kumasi, Accra, and Tamale. Underlying zones: Africa/Accra.
Burkina Faso spans 1 zone (74 cities) under BST. Visible cities: Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, and Koudougou. Underlying zones: Africa/Ouagadougou.
Togo runs on a single zone (20 mapped cities) under BST. Visible cities: Lomé, Sokodé, and Kara. Underlying zones: Africa/Lome.
City anchors for BST (South Asia, currently +06:00). Pick a city to drop into a live local clock.
Bangladesh
Cities: Dhaka, Chattogram, Gazipur, Khulna
Meaning group: Bangladesh Time
United Kingdom
Cities: London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester
Meaning group: Greenwich Mean Time
Ivory Coast
Cities: Abidjan, Abobo, Bouaké, Korhogo
Meaning group: Greenwich Mean Time
Mali
Cities: Bamako, Sikasso, Koutiala, Ségou
Meaning group: Greenwich Mean Time
Senegal
Cities: Dakar, Touba, Pikine, Guédiawaye
Meaning group: Greenwich Mean Time
Ghana
Cities: Kumasi, Accra, Tamale, Takoradi
Meaning group: Greenwich Mean Time
Burkina Faso
Cities: Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou, Saaba
Meaning group: Greenwich Mean Time
Togo
Cities: Lomé, Sokodé, Kara, Atakpamé
Meaning group: Greenwich Mean Time
Guinea
Cities: Conakry, Camayenne, Nzérékoré, Kankan
Meaning group: Greenwich Mean Time
Liberia
Cities: Monrovia, Gbarnga, Buchanan, Ganta
Meaning group: Greenwich Mean Time
BST appears with 3 distinct meanings in current data, splitting across UTC+00:00 to UTC+11:00. The short label looks tidy in writing but quietly hides which place you mean — pick a city, a country, or an IANA zone before it matters.
Asia/Dhaka does not show an offset change in the next year, which makes BST predictable for short-term scheduling. Predictable is not the same as permanent — civil-time rules still get changed by governments on relatively short notice.
For precise work, the safest equivalent of BST is the exact IANA zone used by your city or system. Asia/Dhaka sits at +06:00, ahead of UTC, which means daily logs in this zone reach a new calendar date before UTC does — a small detail that breaks date-based reporting if missed.
Because BST is genuinely overloaded, the safest reading depends on context: pair it with the city or use the exact IANA zone (Asia/Dhaka) before storing timestamps or sending invites.
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