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GMT+5/ALMT

Kazakhstan Time

UTC+5

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ALMT is not used on this date.

This converter uses GMT+5 (UTC+5), as in Almaty.

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CEST/CET

Central European Summer Time

UTC+2

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Central Europe is on summer time: CEST (UTC+2) until Sun, Oct 25.

Use CET all year (UTC+1)

Quick answers

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5:00 pm17:00 GMT+5 (UTC+5), Oct 13, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 13, 2026

GMT+5 is 3 hours ahead of CEST.

ALMT and CET examples

These examples always use ALMT (UTC+6) 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.

ALMT is 5 hours ahead of CET.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, GMT+5 is 3 hours ahead of CEST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, GMT+5 is 4 hours ahead of CET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT+5 correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT+5 correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT+5 correspond to 06:00 to 14:00 in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT+5 correspond to 05:00 to 13:00 in CET.

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

Time Difference

Kazakhstan Time is 3 hours ahead of Central European Summer Time.
5:00 pm17:00 in GMT+5 is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST

GMT+5 to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm12:00-17:00 in GMT+5 which corresponds to 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in CEST

5:00 pm17:00 Kazakhstan Time (GMT+5). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

5:00 pm17:00 GMT+5 / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST

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Alma-Ata Time

Offset: ALMT is 6 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

ALMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

+06 - basic short
+0600 - basic
+06:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

+0600 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the east of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

Foxtrot - Military abbreviation for ALMT
F - short form of 'Foxtrot'

Time zones with the GMT +6 offset:

ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
BST - Bangladesh Standard Time
BDT - Bangladesh Time
BTT - Bhutan Time
F - Foxtrot Time Zone
IOT - Indian Chagos Time
KGT - Kyrgyzstan Time
OMST - Omsk Standard Time
QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
XJT - Xinjiang Time
YEKST - Yekaterinburg Summer Time

Central European Time

Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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

Map of the areas on Central European Time (CET) — CET all year CET part of the year
Today the lighter areas are on UTC+2 (CEST).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

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).

End: 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.

Start: 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