CEST to EASST Converter
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2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 17, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 EASST (UTC-5), Oct 17, 2026
CEST is 7 hours ahead of EASST.
CEST and EASST examples
These examples always use CEST (UTC+2) and EASST (UTC-5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
CEST is 7 hours ahead of EASST.
How the time difference changes
Depending on seasonal clock changes, CET is 6 hours ahead of EASST, CEST is 7 hours ahead of EASST, or CEST is 8 hours ahead of EAST.
Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 3:00 am to 12:00 pm in EASST, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 2:00 am to 11:00 am in EASST, or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 1:00 am to 10:00 am in EAST.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 03:00 to 12:00 in EASST, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 02:00 to 11:00 in EASST, or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 01:00 to 10:00 in EAST.
Compare CEST time with EASST 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 7 hours ahead of Easter Island Summer Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 7:00 am07:00 in EASST
CEST to EASST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in CEST which corresponds to 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in EASST
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Easter Island Summer Time (EASST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 7:00 am07:00 EASST
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Central European Summer Time
Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, 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
Easter Island Summer Time
Offset: EASST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Chile
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EASST time zone is Hanga Roa in Chile, with about 7,322 people.
Today all shaded areas are on EASST.
Daylight Saving: Easter Island Summer Time (EASST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Easter Island Standard Time (EAST).
Start: Easter Island Summer Time (EASST) started on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 pm22:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Saturday, September 5, 2026, 11:00 pm23:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Saturday of September.
End: Easter Island Summer Time (EASST) ends on Saturday, April 3, 2027 at 10:00 pm22:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, April 3, 2027, 9:00 pm21:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Saturday of April.
See Chile daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
EASST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EASST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone