CEST to AST Converter
Time Difference
Central European Summer Time is 5 hours ahead of Atlantic Daylight Time
3:30 pm15:30 in CEST is 10:30 am10:30 in ADT
CEST to AST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-6pm in CEST which corresponds to 8am-12pm in AST
3:30 pm15:30 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
10:30 am10:30 Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
3:30 pm15:30 CEST / 10:30 am10:30 ADT
CEST | ADT |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 7pm |
1am | 8pm |
2am | 9pm |
3am | 10pm |
4am | 11pm |
5am | 12am (midnight) |
6am | 1am |
7am | 2am |
8am | 3am |
9am | 4am |
10am | 5am |
11am | 6am |
12pm (noon) | 7am |
1pm | 8am |
2pm | 9am |
3pm | 10am |
4pm | 11am |
5pm | 12pm (noon) |
6pm | 1pm |
7pm | 2pm |
8pm | 3pm |
9pm | 4pm |
10pm | 5pm |
11pm | 6pm |
0:00 | 19:00 |
1:00 | 20:00 |
2:00 | 21:00 |
3:00 | 22:00 |
4:00 | 23:00 |
5:00 | 0:00 |
6:00 | 1:00 |
7:00 | 2:00 |
8:00 | 3:00 |
9:00 | 4:00 |
10:00 | 5:00 |
11:00 | 6:00 |
12:00 | 7:00 |
13:00 | 8:00 |
14:00 | 9:00 |
15:00 | 10:00 |
16:00 | 11:00 |
17:00 | 12:00 |
18:00 | 13:00 |
19:00 | 14:00 |
20:00 | 15:00 |
21:00 | 16:00 |
22:00 | 17:00 |
23:00 | 18:00 |
Central European Summer Time
Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: 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 timezone is Berlin from Germany with population about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in the area are Madrid, Rome, Paris, Budapest
German: MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

Daylight Saving: Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Central European Time (CET).
Start: Central European Summer Time (CEST) started on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on last Sunday of March
End: Central European Summer Time (CEST) ends on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on 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 two hour and zero minutes time differences 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
Atlantic Standard Time
Offset: AST is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, Aruba, Barbados, St Barthelemy, Bermuda, Caribbean NL, Canada, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Greenland, Guadeloupe, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Martin (French), Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St Maarten (Dutch), Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent, Virgin Islands (UK), Virgin Islands (US)
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST timezone is Santo Domingo from Dominican Republic with population about 2.202 million people. Other major cities in the area are Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo Oeste, San Juan, Halifax
French: HNA - Heure Normale de l'Atlantique
Spanish: AST - Tiempo Estándar del Atlántico

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT).
End: Atlantic Standard Time (AST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Atlantic Standard Time (AST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
AST representations, usage and related time zones
- -04 - basic short
- -0400 - basic
- -04:00 - extended
- -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates four hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Quebec - Military abbreviation for AST
- Q - short form of 'Quebec'
- America/Anguilla
- America/Antigua
- America/Aruba
- America/Barbados
- America/Blanc-Sablon
- America/Curacao
- America/Dominica
- America/Glace_Bay
- America/Goose_Bay
- America/Grenada
- America/Guadeloupe
- America/Halifax
- America/Kralendijk
- America/Lower_Princes
- America/Marigot
- America/Martinique
- America/Moncton
- America/Montserrat
- America/Port_of_Spain
- America/Puerto_Rico
- America/Santo_Domingo
- America/St_Barthelemy
- America/St_Kitts
- America/St_Lucia
- America/St_Thomas
- America/St_Vincent
- America/Thule
- America/Tortola
- America/Virgin
- Atlantic/Bermuda
- Canada/Atlantic
- Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
- Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
- Argentina Standard Time - UTC -3
- Armenia Standard Time - UTC +4
- Azores Summer Time - UTC +0
- Apia Standard Time - UTC +13
- AST - Atlantic Standard Time
- EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
- AMT - Amazon Time
- BOT - Bolivia Time
- CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
- CLT - Chile Standard Time
- FKT - Falkland Island Time
- GYT - Guyana Time
- HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
- PYT - Paraguay Time
- Q - Quebec Time Zone
- VET - Venezuelan Standard Time