Daylight saving time in Bangladesh

BST in relation with the bordering nations

Bangladesh Daylight Saving Time, commonly abbreviated as BDST is the time zone of Bangladesh which was observed throughout the whole country, with a time offset of UTC+7:00. Bangladesh observes Daylight saving time. Bangladesh Standard Time is calculated on the basis of 90.00° E longitude, which passes over the Harukandi Union of Harirampur Upazila of Manikganj District of Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

On June 1, 2009, the Government of Bangladesh introduced the UTC+7 offset to utilize daylight savings. Following this decision, the time was advanced by 1 hour on June 19, 2009 at midnight. Prior to that, the country observed a time offset of UTC+6.^[1] Former time offset UTC+6 was resumed on January 1, 2010.

In 2010, DST would be used between 1 April and 31 October 2010, but it was cancelled.^{[citation needed]} Therefore Bangladesh did not observe DST in 2010, citing "public interest."^[2]

References

1. ^ Bangladesh adopts new time rules. Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
2. ^ http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-no-daylight-saving.html

External links

• Current local time in Dhaka
• Bangladesh Daylight Saving Time (DST) Fix for Windows XP and VISTA