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ADT
Atlantic Daylight Time
GMT -3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CEST/CET
Central European Summer Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Central Europe is on summer time: CEST (UTC+2) until Sun, Oct 25.

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9:00 am09:00 ADT (UTC-3), Oct 12, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 12, 2026

ADT is 5 hours behind CEST.

ADT and CET examples

These examples always use ADT (UTC-3) and CET (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

ADT is 4 hours behind CET.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, ADT is 5 hours behind CEST. At other times of the year, AST is 5 hours behind CET or ADT is 4 hours behind CET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ADT correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in AST correspond to 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm in CET or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ADT correspond to 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in ADT correspond to 14:00 to 22:00 in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in AST correspond to 14:00 to 22:00 in CET or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in ADT correspond to 13:00 to 21:00 in CET.

Compare ADT time with CET time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Atlantic Daylight Time is 5 hours behind Central European Summer Time.
9:00 am09:00 in ADT is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST

ADT to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in ADT which corresponds to 2pm-5pm14:00-17:00 in CEST

9:00 am09:00 Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

9:00 am09:00 ADT / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST

ADTCEST
12:00am5:00am
1:00am6:00am
2:00am7:00am
3:00am8:00am
4:00am9:00am
5:00am10:00am
6:00am11:00am
7:00am12:00pm
8:00am1:00pm
9:00am2:00pm
10:00am3:00pm
11:00am4:00pm
12:00pm5:00pm
1:00pm6:00pm
2:00pm7:00pm
3:00pm8:00pm
4:00pm9:00pm
5:00pm10:00pm
6:00pm11:00pm
7:00pm12:00am
8:00pm1:00am
9:00pm2:00am
10:00pm3:00am
11:00pm4:00am
00:0005:00
01:0006:00
02:0007:00
03:0008:00
04:0009:00
05:0010:00
06:0011:00
07:0012:00
08:0013:00
09:0014:00
10:0015:00
11:0016:00
12:0017:00
13:0018:00
14:0019:00
15:0020:00
16:0021:00
17:0022:00
18:0023:00
19:0000:00
20:0001:00
21:0002:00
22:0003:00
23:0004:00

Atlantic Daylight Time

Offset: ADT is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Bermuda, Canada, Greenland

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ADT time zone is Halifax in Canada, with about 471,559 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Sydney, Dartmouth, Moncton, Saint John.

French: HAA - Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique

ADT Time Zone Geo Map
ADT timezone map

Daylight Saving: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Atlantic Standard Time (AST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

ADT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -03 - basic short
  • -0300 - basic
  • -03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Papa - Military abbreviation for ADT
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
IANA/Olson: Reflects ADT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Glace_Bay
  • America/Goose_Bay
  • America/Halifax
  • America/Moncton
  • America/Thule
  • Atlantic/Bermuda
  • Canada/Atlantic
Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:
  • ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
  • PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • AMST - Amazon Summer Time
  • ART - Argentina Time
  • BRT - Brasília time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time

Central European Time

Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Tunisia, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.

German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit

CET Time Zone Geo Map
CET timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: Central European Time (CET) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: Central European Time (CET) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CET 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 an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for CET
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CET time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Algiers
  • Africa/Ceuta
  • Africa/Tunis
  • Arctic/Longyearbyen
  • Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
  • CET
  • Europe/Amsterdam
  • Europe/Andorra
  • Europe/Belgrade
  • Europe/Berlin
  • Europe/Bratislava
  • Europe/Brussels
  • Europe/Budapest
  • Europe/Busingen
  • Europe/Copenhagen
  • Europe/Gibraltar
  • Europe/Ljubljana
  • Europe/Luxembourg
  • Europe/Madrid
  • Europe/Malta
  • Europe/Monaco
  • Europe/Oslo
  • Europe/Paris
  • Europe/Podgorica
  • Europe/Prague
  • Europe/Rome
  • Europe/San_Marino
  • Europe/Sarajevo
  • Europe/Skopje
  • Europe/Stockholm
  • Europe/Tirane
  • Europe/Vaduz
  • Europe/Vatican
  • Europe/Vienna
  • Europe/Warsaw
  • Europe/Zagreb
  • Europe/Zurich
  • MET
  • Poland
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