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CET: Central European Time

CET is UTC+1: 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Most of continental Europe in winter, including France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, and Poland. Algeria and Tunisia use UTC+1 all year.

Current time at UTC+1
CET3:08 PMThu, Oct 22
UTC2:08 PMThu, Oct 22

Calculated from your device clock. Shown at the fixed CET offset, whether or not a particular place is using it today.

Is CET in use right now?

Paris switches between CET and CEST during the year.

Next change in Paris: Sunday, October 25, 2026, to UTC+1 (CET). Based on time zone rules at build time.

Full name
Central European Time
UTC offset
UTC+1ISO 8601: +01:00
Type
Standard (winter) time
Summer counterpart
CEST · UTC+2
Example IANA zone
Europe/Paris

Where and when CET is used in 2026

Calculated for the cities in our directory from the IANA time zone database. Dates are local; each change happens in the early morning of the date shown.

CityIANA zoneOn CET (UTC+1)
ParisEurope/ParisJan 1 – Mar 29 and Oct 25 – Dec 31
BerlinEurope/BerlinJan 1 – Mar 29 and Oct 25 – Dec 31
MadridEurope/MadridJan 1 – Mar 29 and Oct 25 – Dec 31
AmsterdamEurope/AmsterdamJan 1 – Mar 29 and Oct 25 – Dec 31
RomeEurope/RomeJan 1 – Mar 29 and Oct 25 – Dec 31

CET conversion table

Every hour of the day in CET, converted at fixed offsets. To convert local time in a specific city, use the city instead: its offset may change with the date.

CET (UTC+1)UTC (UTC+0)GMT (UTC+0)EST (UTC−5)PST (UTC−8)IST (UTC+5:30)JST (UTC+9)
12:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day11:00 PMprevious day6:00 PMprevious day3:00 PMprevious day4:30 AM8:00 AM
1:00 AM12:00 AM12:00 AM7:00 PMprevious day4:00 PMprevious day5:30 AM9:00 AM
2:00 AM1:00 AM1:00 AM8:00 PMprevious day5:00 PMprevious day6:30 AM10:00 AM
3:00 AM2:00 AM2:00 AM9:00 PMprevious day6:00 PMprevious day7:30 AM11:00 AM
4:00 AM3:00 AM3:00 AM10:00 PMprevious day7:00 PMprevious day8:30 AM12:00 PM
5:00 AM4:00 AM4:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day8:00 PMprevious day9:30 AM1:00 PM
6:00 AM5:00 AM5:00 AM12:00 AM9:00 PMprevious day10:30 AM2:00 PM
7:00 AM6:00 AM6:00 AM1:00 AM10:00 PMprevious day11:30 AM3:00 PM
8:00 AM7:00 AM7:00 AM2:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day12:30 PM4:00 PM
9:00 AM8:00 AM8:00 AM3:00 AM12:00 AM1:30 PM5:00 PM
10:00 AM9:00 AM9:00 AM4:00 AM1:00 AM2:30 PM6:00 PM
11:00 AM10:00 AM10:00 AM5:00 AM2:00 AM3:30 PM7:00 PM
12:00 PM11:00 AM11:00 AM6:00 AM3:00 AM4:30 PM8:00 PM
1:00 PM12:00 PM12:00 PM7:00 AM4:00 AM5:30 PM9:00 PM
2:00 PM1:00 PM1:00 PM8:00 AM5:00 AM6:30 PM10:00 PM
3:00 PM2:00 PM2:00 PM9:00 AM6:00 AM7:30 PM11:00 PM
4:00 PM3:00 PM3:00 PM10:00 AM7:00 AM8:30 PM12:00 AMnext day
5:00 PM4:00 PM4:00 PM11:00 AM8:00 AM9:30 PM1:00 AMnext day
6:00 PM5:00 PM5:00 PM12:00 PM9:00 AM10:30 PM2:00 AMnext day
7:00 PM6:00 PM6:00 PM1:00 PM10:00 AM11:30 PM3:00 AMnext day
8:00 PM7:00 PM7:00 PM2:00 PM11:00 AM12:30 AMnext day4:00 AMnext day
9:00 PM8:00 PM8:00 PM3:00 PM12:00 PM1:30 AMnext day5:00 AMnext day
10:00 PM9:00 PM9:00 PM4:00 PM1:00 PM2:30 AMnext day6:00 AMnext day
11:00 PM10:00 PM10:00 PM5:00 PM2:00 PM3:30 AMnext day7:00 AMnext day

Highlighted rows: 9 am – 5 pm in CET.

What to know about CET

European Union countries change clocks together at 01:00 UTC on the last Sundays of March and October, so CET and CEST switch at the same instant across the region.

Spain uses CET even though Madrid lies west of Greenwich. Sunrise and sunset there are noticeably later on the clock than in Berlin.

Read more about why abbreviations need context and how daylight saving changes offsets.

Popular conversions

Local time in cities that use CET

Other time zone abbreviations

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UTCCoordinated Universal TimeUTC+0GMTGreenwich Mean TimeUTC+0BSTBritish Summer TimeUTC+1CESTCentral European Summer TimeUTC+2ESTEastern Standard TimeUTC−5EDTEastern Daylight TimeUTC−4CSTCentral Standard Time (North America)UTC−6CDTCentral Daylight TimeUTC−5MSTMountain Standard TimeUTC−7PSTPacific Standard TimeUTC−8PDTPacific Daylight TimeUTC−7ISTIndia Standard TimeUTC+5:30JSTJapan Standard TimeUTC+9SGTSingapore TimeUTC+8GSTGulf Standard TimeUTC+4AESTAustralian Eastern Standard TimeUTC+10AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight TimeUTC+11