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This converter keeps WEZ at UTC+0. Lisbon uses WEST (UTC+1) on this date. Open the WEST converter, or choose Lisbon, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, or Porto for city-specific time.

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1:00 pm13:00 CET (UTC+1), Oct 23, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 WEZ (UTC+0), Oct 23, 2026

CET is 1 hour ahead of WEZ.

CET and WEZ examples

These examples always use CET (UTC+1) and WEZ (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CET is 1 hour ahead of WEZ.

How the time difference changes

CET Africa is 1 hour ahead of WEZ year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET Africa correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in WEZ.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET Africa correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in WEZ.

Compare CET time with WEZ time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Central European Time is 1 hour ahead of Westeuropäische Zeit.
1:00 pm13:00 in CET is 12:00 pm12:00 in WEZ

CET to WEZ call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in CET which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in WEZ

1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
12:00 pm12:00 Westeuropäische Zeit (WEZ). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

1:00 pm13:00 CET / 12:00 pm12:00 WEZ

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Central European Time

Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Albania, Algeria, 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, Tunisia, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.

Daylight Saving: Some places on Central European Time (CET) keep the same time all year, while others use CET for only part of the year and change their clocks for daylight saving time; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

Map of the areas on Central European Time (CET)
CET all year CET part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC+2 (CEST).

CET representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for CET
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CET time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Algiers
  • Africa/Ceuta
  • Africa/Tunis
  • 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 +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time

Westeuropäische Zeit

Offset: WEZ is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Faroe Islands, Portugal, Spain

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WEZ time zone is Lisbon in Portugal, with about 517,802 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Braga.

Map of the areas on Westeuropäische Zeit (WEZ)
WEZ part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC+1 (WEST).

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Western European Summer Time (WEST).

123456789101112End: Westeuropäische Zeit (WEZ) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

123456789101112Start: Westeuropäische Zeit (WEZ) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

See Portugal daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

WEZ representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for WEZ
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • 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