BST
Time Difference
British Summer Time is 1 hours behind South Africa Standard Time
12:30 am00:30 in BST is 1:30 am01:30 in SAST
BST to SAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-5pm in BST which corresponds to 9am-6pm in SAST
12:30 am00:30 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
1:30 am01:30 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
12:30 am00:30 BST / 1:30 am01:30 SAST
BST | SAST |
---|---|
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) |
0:00 | 1:00 |
1:00 | 2:00 |
2:00 | 3:00 |
3:00 | 4:00 |
4:00 | 5:00 |
5:00 | 6:00 |
6:00 | 7:00 |
7:00 | 8:00 |
8:00 | 9:00 |
9:00 | 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 | 0:00 |
British Summer Time
Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: Britain (UK), Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST timezone is London from United Kingdom with population about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in the area are Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Saint Helier
![BST to SAST Converter - Savvy Time (1) BST to SAST Converter - Savvy Time (1)](https://i0.wp.com/savvytime.com/images/timezone/bst.png)
Daylight Saving: British Summer Time (BST) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Start: British Summer Time (BST) started on Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 1:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 31, 2024, 2:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on last Sunday of March
End: British Summer Time (BST) ends on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 27, 2024, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on last Sunday of October
BST 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 one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects BST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
BST Abbreviation: Several time zones share BST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
- British Summer Time - UTC +1
- Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
- Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
- Brasilia Standard Time - UTC -3
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
South Africa Standard Time
Offset: SAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries: It is used in following countries: Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), South Africa
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SAST timezone is Cape Town from South Africa with population about 3.433 million people. Other major cities in the area are Durban, Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria
Daylight Saving: South Africa Standard Time (SAST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore SAST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, South Africa Standard Time remains the same
![BST to SAST Converter - Savvy Time (4) BST to SAST Converter - Savvy Time (4)](https://i0.wp.com/savvytime.com/images/timezone/sast.png)
SAST representations, usage and related time zones
W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates two hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for SAST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects SAST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Africa/Maseru
- Africa/Mbabane
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
- 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