Convert BDT to KST
KST is 3 hours ahead of BDT. BDT is UTC+6 and KST is UTC+9.
Right now: BDT · KST
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 5 hours: 9:00 AM–2:00 PM BDT (12:00 PM–5:00 PM KST). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| BDT | KST | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM | working hours |
| 10:00 AM | 1:00 PM | working hours |
| 11:00 AM | 2:00 PM | working hours |
| 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM | working hours |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM | working hours |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 3:00 PM | 6:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 4:00 PM | 7:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 5:00 PM | 8:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
BDT to KST conversion table
| BDT | KST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 11:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 1:00 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 2:00 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 11:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 12:00 AM (next day) |
| 10:00 PM | 1:00 AM (next day) |
| 11:00 PM | 2:00 AM (next day) |
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.
About KST
Korea Standard Time (KST) is UTC+9. It is used in South Korea, with no daylight saving.
Korea Standard Time is UTC+9, the same as Japan, and South Korea has had no daylight saving since 1988 when it was used for the Seoul Olympics. The two Koreas briefly differed: the North moved to UTC+8:30 in 2015 and returned to UTC+9 in 2018, which is the only time in modern history the peninsula ran on two clocks.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
Neither BDT nor KST shifts with the seasons, so this 3-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 BDT in KST?
9:00 AM BDT is 12:00 PM KST.
Is KST ahead of BDT?
KST is 3 hours ahead of BDT.
Which time zone does this use?
BDT is UTC+6 and KST is UTC+9. 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.