CEST to AKDT Converter
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2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 12, 2026 = 4:00 am04:00 AKDT (UTC-8), Oct 12, 2026
CEST is 10 hours ahead of AKDT.
CEST and AKDT examples
These examples always use CEST (UTC+2) and AKDT (UTC-8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
CEST is 10 hours ahead of AKDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CEST is 10 hours ahead of AKDT. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, CET is 9 hours ahead of AKDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CET is 10 hours ahead of AKST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CEST correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 7:00 am in AKDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CET correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 7:00 am in AKST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CET correspond to 12:00 am to 8:00 am in AKDT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CEST correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 07:00 in AKDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CET correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 07:00 in AKST or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CET correspond to 00:00 to 08:00 in AKDT.
Compare CEST time with AKDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central European Summer Time is 10 hours ahead of Alaska Daylight Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 4:00 am04:00 in AKDT
CEST to AKDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in CEST which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in AKDT. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 4:00 am04:00 AKDT
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Central European Summer Time
Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, 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, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CEST time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Rome, Paris, Hamburg.
German: MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
Today all shaded areas are on CEST.
Daylight Saving: Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Central European Time (CET).
Start: Central European Summer Time (CEST) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.
End: Central European Summer Time (CEST) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.
CEST representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for CEST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Ceuta
- 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
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time
Alaska Daylight Time
Offset: AKDT is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AKDT time zone is Anchorage in the United States, with about 289,600 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Fairbanks, Juneau, Knik-Fairview, Wasilla.
Today all shaded areas are on AKDT.
Daylight Saving: Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Alaska Standard Time (AKST).
Start: Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) 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.
End: Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) 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.
AKDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for AKDT
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Anchorage
- America/Juneau
- America/Metlakatla
- America/Nome
- America/Sitka
- America/Yakutat
- US/Alaska
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone