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CEST to SRT Converter

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CEST
Central European Summer Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
SRT
Suriname Time
GMT -3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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Selected conversion

2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 7, 2026 = 9:00 am09:00 SRT (UTC-3), Oct 7, 2026

CEST is 5 hours ahead of SRT.

CEST and SRT examples

These examples always use CEST (UTC+2) and SRT (UTC-3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CEST is 5 hours ahead of SRT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CEST is 5 hours ahead of SRT. At other times of the year, CET is 4 hours ahead of SRT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CEST correspond to 4:00 am to 12:00 pm in SRT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CET correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm in SRT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CEST correspond to 04:00 to 12:00 in SRT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CET correspond to 05:00 to 13:00 in SRT.

Compare CEST time with SRT 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 5 hours ahead of Suriname Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 9:00 am09:00 in SRT

CEST to SRT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-5pm14:00-17:00 in CEST which corresponds to 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in SRT

2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 Suriname Time (SRT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 9:00 am09:00 SRT

CESTSRT
12:00am7:00pm
1:00am8:00pm
2:00am9:00pm
3:00am10:00pm
4:00am11:00pm
5:00am12:00am
6:00am1:00am
7:00am2:00am
8:00am3:00am
9:00am4:00am
10:00am5:00am
11:00am6:00am
12:00pm7:00am
1:00pm8:00am
2:00pm9:00am
3:00pm10:00am
4:00pm11:00am
5:00pm12:00pm
6:00pm1:00pm
7:00pm2:00pm
8:00pm3:00pm
9:00pm4:00pm
10:00pm5:00pm
11:00pm6:00pm
00:0019:00
01:0020:00
02:0021:00
03:0022:00
04:0023:00
05:0000:00
06:0001:00
07:0002:00
08:0003:00
09:0004:00
10:0005:00
11:0006:00
12:0007:00
13:0008:00
14:0009:00
15:0010:00
16:0011:00
17:0012:00
18:0013:00
19:0014:00
20:0015:00
21:0016:00
22:0017:00
23:0018:00

Central European Summer Time

Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

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

CEST Time Zone Geo Map
CEST timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: 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.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CEST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for CEST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CEST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • 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

Suriname Time

Offset: SRT is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America

Countries using this time zone: Suriname

Principal Cities: The largest city in the SRT time zone is Paramaribo in Suriname, with about 223,757 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lelydorp.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Suriname Time (SRT) do not change for daylight saving time, so SRT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

SRT Time Zone Geo Map
SRT timezone map

SRT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -03 - basic short
  • -0300 - basic
  • -03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Papa - Military abbreviation for SRT
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:
  • ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
  • PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • AMST - Amazon Summer Time
  • ART - Argentina Time
  • BRT - Brasília time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time
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