Convert ACST to BDT
BDT is 3 hours 30 minutes behind ACST. ACST is UTC+9:30 and BDT is UTC+6.
Right now: ACST · BDT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 4 hours: 1:00 PM–5:00 PM ACST (9:00 AM–1:00 PM BDT). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| ACST | BDT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 5:30 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 6:30 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 11:00 AM | 7:30 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 12:00 PM | 8:30 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 1:00 PM | 9:30 AM | working hours |
| 2:00 PM | 10:30 AM | working hours |
| 3:00 PM | 11:30 AM | working hours |
| 4:00 PM | 12:30 PM | working hours |
| 5:00 PM | 1:30 PM | working hours |
ACST to BDT conversion table
| ACST | BDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 8:30 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 9:30 PM (previous day) |
| 2:00 AM | 10:30 PM (previous day) |
| 3:00 AM | 11:30 PM (previous day) |
| 4:00 AM | 12:30 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 1:30 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 2:30 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 3:30 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 4:30 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 5:30 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 6:30 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 7:30 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 8:30 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 9:30 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 10:30 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 11:30 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 12:30 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 1:30 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 2:30 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 3:30 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 4:30 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 5:30 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 6:30 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 7:30 PM |
About ACST
Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) is UTC+9:30. It is used in Adelaide and Darwin in winter.
Australian Central Standard Time is UTC+9:30, half an hour behind the eastern states rather than a whole hour, which surprises people every time. South Australia moves to daylight saving in October and the Northern Territory does not, so Adelaide and Darwin share this offset for half the year and are an hour apart for the other half.
About BDT
Bangladesh Standard Time (BDT) is UTC+6. It is used in Bangladesh, all year.
Bangladesh Standard Time is UTC+6 with no daylight saving. It is more often written BST, which is where the trouble starts: BST also means British Summer Time at UTC+1, and the two readings are five hours apart. Converter sites split on which they answer for and rarely say. BDT is the unambiguous way to write it, and worth using in anything that matters.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
Neither ACST nor BDT shifts with the seasons, so this 3.5-hour difference holds all year. That is unusual enough to be worth relying on: most cross-continental gaps move twice a year.
This is the reason scheduling systems store an IANA zone such as Region/City rather than an offset or an abbreviation: the zone knows its own rules and the offset does not.
Frequently asked questions
What time is 9:00 AM ACST in BDT?
9:00 AM ACST is 5:30 AM BDT.
Is BDT ahead of ACST?
BDT is 3 hours 30 minutes behind ACST.
Which time zone does this use?
ACST is UTC+9:30 and BDT is UTC+6. Both abbreviations denote a single fixed offset, so this conversion never shifts with daylight saving — what changes is which abbreviation a place is using at the time.