CEST to London to ET to CST Time Converter
Central Time is on daylight saving time: CDT (UTC−5) until Sun, Nov 1.
Mexico City and Saskatchewan stay on CST (UTC−6).
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2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 22, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 BST (UTC+1), Oct 22, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 22, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 22, 2026
CEST is 1 hour ahead of London. CEST is 6 hours ahead of EDT. CEST is 7 hours ahead of CDT.
How the time difference changes
CEST to London
For most of the year, CEST is 1 hour ahead of London. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, CET is 1 hour ahead of London.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in London. 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 London.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in London. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in London.
CEST to ET
For most of the year, CEST is 6 hours ahead of ET. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, CET is 5 hours ahead of ET. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CET is 6 hours ahead of ET.
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 ET. 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 ET or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 4:00 am to 1:00 pm in ET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 03:00 to 12:00 in ET. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 03:00 to 12:00 in ET or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 04:00 to 13:00 in ET.
CEST to CST
For most of the year, CEST is 7 hours ahead of CDT. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, CET is 6 hours ahead of CDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CET is 7 hours ahead of CST.
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 CDT. 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 CST or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 3:00 am to 12:00 pm in CDT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 02:00 to 11:00 in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 02:00 to 11:00 in CST or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 03:00 to 12:00 in CDT.
Compare CEST time with London, ET, and CST 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 1 hour ahead of BST (British Summer Time). Central European Summer Time is 6 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time. Central European Summer Time is 7 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 1:00 pm13:00 in London, United Kingdom and is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT and is 7:00 am07:00 in CDT
CEST to London call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in CEST which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in London
CEST to EDT 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 EDT
CEST to CDT 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 CDT
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 BST (British Summer Time) (London, United Kingdom). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 1:00 pm13:00 London, United Kingdom / 8:00 am08:00 EDT / 7:00 am07:00 CDT
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| CEST | London, United Kingdom | ET | CDT |
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| 11:00pm previous day | 6:00pm previous day | 5:00pm previous day | |
| 12:00am | 7:00pm previous day | 6:00pm previous day | |
| 1:00am | 8:00pm previous day | 7:00pm previous day | |
| 2:00am | 9:00pm previous day | 8:00pm previous day | |
| 3:00am | 10:00pm previous day | 9:00pm previous day | |
| 4:00am | 11:00pm previous day | 10:00pm previous day | |
| 5:00am | 12:00am | 11:00pm previous day | |
| 6:00am | 1:00am | 12:00am | |
| 7:00am | 2:00am | 1:00am | |
| 8:00am | 3:00am | 2:00am | |
| 9:00am | 4:00am | 3:00am | |
| 10:00am | 5:00am | 4:00am | |
| 11:00am | 6:00am | 5:00am | |
| 12:00pm | 7:00am | 6:00am | |
| 1:00pm | 8:00am | 7:00am | |
| 2:00pm | 9:00am | 8:00am | |
| 3:00pm | 10:00am | 9:00am | |
| 4:00pm | 11:00am | 10:00am | |
| 5:00pm | 12:00pm | 11:00am | |
| 6:00pm | 1:00pm | 12:00pm | |
| 7:00pm | 2:00pm | 1:00pm | |
| 8:00pm | 3:00pm | 2:00pm | |
| 9:00pm | 4:00pm | 3:00pm | |
| 10:00pm | 5:00pm | 4:00pm | |
| 23:00 previous day | 18:00 previous day | 17:00 previous day | |
| 00:00 | 19:00 previous day | 18:00 previous day | |
| 01:00 | 20:00 previous day | 19:00 previous day | |
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| 03:00 | 22:00 previous day | 21:00 previous day | |
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| 05:00 | 00:00 | 23:00 previous day | |
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| 07:00 | 02:00 | 01:00 | |
| 08:00 | 03:00 | 02:00 | |
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| 10:00 | 05:00 | 04:00 | |
| 11:00 | 06:00 | 05:00 | |
| 12:00 | 07:00 | 06:00 | |
| 13:00 | 08:00 | 07:00 | |
| 14:00 | 09:00 | 08:00 | |
| 15:00 | 10:00 | 09:00 | |
| 16:00 | 11:00 | 10:00 | |
| 17:00 | 12:00 | 11:00 | |
| 18:00 | 13:00 | 12:00 | |
| 19:00 | 14:00 | 13:00 | |
| 20:00 | 15:00 | 14:00 | |
| 21:00 | 16:00 | 15:00 | |
| 22:00 | 17:00 | 16:00 |
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
London Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
GMT – Greenwich Mean Time, UTC+0 (standard time)
London Facts
Eastern Time
Eastern Time (ET) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Eastern Standard Time (EST) or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the United States and Canada. ET is not static but switches between EDT and EST.
ET is also used somewhat as a de facto official time for all of the United States because it encompasses 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States including the capital city Washington D.C., the most populous city New York and half of the country’s population.
In the United States nationally televised programs, evening newscasts, talent and awards shows, and any other nationally televised event that airs live on American television during prime time and on the weekends are broadcast live in the Eastern Time Zone. Major professional sports leagues MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL also provide their game times in Eastern Time, even if teams are from outside of Eastern Time.
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the ET time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−5 (Central Daylight Time, EST).
ET 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 ET
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- Eastern Time - UTC -5
- Tiempo del Este - UTC -5
- 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
Central Standard Time
Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Puebla, Santiago de Querétaro.
French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre
Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−5 (Central Daylight Time).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).
End: Central Standard Time (CST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
Start: Central Standard Time (CST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
CST representations, usage and related time zones
- -06 - basic short
- -0600 - basic
- -06:00 - extended
- -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
- S - short form of 'Sierra'
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Belize
- America/Chicago
- America/Chihuahua
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Guatemala
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Managua
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Monterrey
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Mexico/General
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Standard Time - UTC -6
- China Standard Time - UTC +8
- Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
- CST - Central Standard Time
- CT - Central Time
- MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
- EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
- GALT - Galapagos Time
- S - Sierra Time Zone