CEST to GMT to New York City to Chicago to Los Angeles Time Converter
The United Kingdom is on summer time: BST (UTC+1) until Sun, Oct 27.
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3:00 pm15:00 CEST (UTC+2), Jul 17, 2024 = 1:00 pm13:00 GMT (UTC+0), Jul 17, 2024 = 9:00 am09:00 EDT (UTC-4), Jul 17, 2024 = 8:00 am08:00 CDT (UTC-5), Jul 17, 2024 = 6:00 am06:00 PDT (UTC-7), Jul 17, 2024
CEST is 2 hours ahead of GMT. CEST is 6 hours ahead of New York City. CEST is 7 hours ahead of Chicago. CEST is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
How the time difference changes
CEST to GMT
For most of the year, CEST is 2 hours ahead of GMT. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31, 2027 to Mar 26, 2028, CET is 1 hour ahead of GMT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in GMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in GMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in GMT.
CEST to New York City
For most of the year, CEST is 6 hours ahead of New York City. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CET is 6 hours ahead of New York City. From Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31 to Nov 7, 2027, CET is 5 hours ahead of New York City.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 3:00 am to 12:00 pm in New York City. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 3:00 am to 12:00 pm in New York City or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 4:00 am to 1:00 pm in New York City.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 03:00 to 12:00 in New York City. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 03:00 to 12:00 in New York City or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 04:00 to 13:00 in New York City.
CEST to Chicago
For most of the year, CEST is 7 hours ahead of Chicago. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CET is 7 hours ahead of Chicago. From Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31 to Nov 7, 2027, CET is 6 hours ahead of Chicago.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 2:00 am to 11:00 am in Chicago. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 2:00 am to 11:00 am in Chicago or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 3:00 am to 12:00 pm in Chicago.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 02:00 to 11:00 in Chicago. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 02:00 to 11:00 in Chicago or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 03:00 to 12:00 in Chicago.
CEST to Los Angeles
For most of the year, CEST is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CET is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles. From Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31 to Nov 7, 2027, CET is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 12:00 am to 9:00 am in Los Angeles. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 12:00 am to 9:00 am in Los Angeles or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 1:00 am to 10:00 am in Los Angeles.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 00:00 to 09:00 in Los Angeles. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 00:00 to 09:00 in Los Angeles or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 01:00 to 10:00 in Los Angeles.
Compare CEST time with GMT, New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles 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 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. Central European Summer Time is 6 hours ahead of EDT (Eastern Daylight Time). Central European Summer Time is 7 hours ahead of CDT (Central Daylight Time). Central European Summer Time is 9 hours ahead of PDT (Pacific Daylight Time).
3:00 pm15:00 in CEST is 1:00 pm13:00 in GMT and is 9:00 am09:00 in New York City, NY, USA and is 8:00 am08:00 in Chicago, IL, USA and is 6:00 am06:00 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
CEST to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in CEST which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in GMT
CEST to New York City call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-6pm15:00-18:00 in CEST which corresponds to 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in New York City
CEST to Chicago 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 Chicago
CEST to Los Angeles 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 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in Los Angeles. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
3:00 pm15:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) (New York City, NY, USA). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 CDT (Central Daylight Time) (Chicago, IL, USA). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 CEST / 1:00 pm13:00 GMT / 9:00 am09:00 New York City, NY, USA / 8:00 am08:00 Chicago, IL, USA / 6:00 am06:00 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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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
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 31, 2024 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 31, 2024, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.
End: Central European Summer Time (CEST) ends on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 27, 2024, 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
Greenwich Mean Time
Offset: GMT is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, United Kingdom, Western Sahara
Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use the two are the same. In the military, GMT is known as Zulu time. Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields, until the introduction of UTC in 1972.
GMT representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Africa/Abidjan
- Africa/Accra
- Africa/Bamako
- Africa/Banjul
- Africa/Bissau
- Africa/Conakry
- Africa/Dakar
- Africa/Freetown
- Africa/Lome
- Africa/Monrovia
- Africa/Nouakchott
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Africa/Sao_Tome
- Africa/Timbuktu
- America/Danmarkshavn
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Atlantic/St_Helena
- Eire
- Etc/GMT
- Etc/GMT+0
- Etc/GMT-0
- Etc/GMT0
- Etc/Greenwich
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Dublin
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- GMT
- GMT+0
- GMT-0
- GMT0
- Greenwich
- Iceland
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
New York City Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
EDT – Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-4 (daylight saving time)
New York City Facts
Chicago Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
CDT – Central Daylight Time, UTC-5 (daylight saving time)
Chicago Facts
Los Angeles Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
PDT – Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-7 (daylight saving time)
