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CEST to SST Converter

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CEST
Central European Summer Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
SST
Samoa Standard Time
GMT -11
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 12, 2026 = 1:00 am01:00 SST (UTC-11), Oct 12, 2026

CEST is 13 hours ahead of SST.

CEST and SST examples

These examples always use CEST (UTC+2) and SST (UTC-11). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CEST is 13 hours ahead of SST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CEST is 13 hours ahead of SST. At other times of the year, CET is 12 hours ahead of SST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CEST correspond to 8:00 pm (previous day) to 4:00 am in SST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CET correspond to 9:00 pm (previous day) to 5:00 am in SST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CEST correspond to 20:00 (previous day) to 04:00 in SST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CET correspond to 21:00 (previous day) to 05:00 in SST.

Compare CEST time with SST 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 13 hours ahead of Samoa Standard Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 1:00 am01:00 in SST

CEST to SST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in CEST which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in SST (previous day)

2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 Samoa Standard Time (SST). Offset UTC -11:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 1:00 am01:00 SST

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

Samoa Standard Time

Offset: SST is 11 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: Samoa (American), US minor outlying islands

Principal Cities: The largest city in the SST time zone is Pago Pago in American Samoa, with about 11,500 people.

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

SST Time Zone Geo Map
SST timezone map

SST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -11 - basic short
  • -1100 - basic
  • -11:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -1100 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • X-ray - Military abbreviation for SST
  • X - short form of 'X-ray'
IANA/Olson: Reflects SST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Pacific/Midway
  • Pacific/Pago_Pago
  • Pacific/Samoa
  • US/Samoa
Time zones with the GMT -11 offset:
  • NUT - Niue Time
  • SST - Samoa Standard Time
  • X - X-ray Time Zone
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