CET to BST to New York City to Chicago to Los Angeles Time Converter
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5:30 pm17:30 CET (UTC+1), Nov 1, 2026 = 4:30 pm16:30 GMT (UTC+0), Nov 1, 2026 = 11:30 am11:30 EST (UTC-5), Nov 1, 2026 = 10:30 am10:30 CST (UTC-6), Nov 1, 2026 = 8:30 am08:30 PST (UTC-8), Nov 1, 2026
CET is 1 hour ahead of GMT. CET is 6 hours ahead of New York City. CET is 7 hours ahead of Chicago. CET is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
How the time difference changes
CET to BST
For most of the year, CEST is 1 hour ahead of BST. 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 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in BST. 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 08:00 to 17:00 in BST. 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.
CET 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.
CET 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.
CET 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 CET time with BST, 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 Time is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. Central European Time is 6 hours ahead of EST (Eastern Standard Time). Central European Time is 7 hours ahead of CST (Central Standard Time). Central European Time is 9 hours ahead of PST (Pacific Standard Time).
5:30 pm17:30 in CET is 4:30 pm16:30 in GMT and is 11:30 am11:30 in New York City, NY, USA and is 10:30 am10:30 in Chicago, IL, USA and is 8:30 am08:30 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
CET to GMT 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 GMT
CET to New York City call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-6pm15:00-18:00 in CET which corresponds to 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in New York City
CET to Chicago call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in CET which corresponds to 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in Chicago
CET to Los Angeles call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in CET 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.
5:30 pm17:30 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
4:30 pm16:30 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
11:30 am11:30 EST (Eastern Standard Time) (New York City, NY, USA). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
10:30 am10:30 CST (Central Standard Time) (Chicago, IL, USA). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
8:30 am08:30 PST (Pacific Standard Time) (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 CET / 4:30 pm16:30 GMT / 11:30 am11:30 New York City, NY, USA / 10:30 am10:30 Chicago, IL, USA / 8:30 am08:30 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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| CET | GMT | New York City, NY, USA | Chicago, IL, USA | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00pm previous day | 7:00pm previous day EDT UTC-4 | 6:00pm previous day CDT UTC-5 | 4:00pm previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 12:00am | 8:00pm previous day EDT UTC-4 | 7:00pm previous day CDT UTC-5 | 5:00pm previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 1:00am | 9:00pm previous day EDT UTC-4 | 8:00pm previous day CDT UTC-5 | 6:00pm previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 2:00am | 10:00pm previous day EDT UTC-4 | 9:00pm previous day CDT UTC-5 | 7:00pm previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 3:00am | 11:00pm previous day EDT UTC-4 | 10:00pm previous day CDT UTC-5 | 8:00pm previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 4:00am | 12:00am EDT UTC-4 | 11:00pm previous day CDT UTC-5 | 9:00pm previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 5:00am | 1:00am EDT UTC-4 | 12:00am CDT UTC-5 | 10:00pm previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 6:00am | 1:00am | 1:00am CDT UTC-5 | 11:00pm previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 7:00am | 2:00am | 1:00am | 12:00am PDT UTC-7 | |
| 8:00am | 3:00am | 2:00am | 1:00am PDT UTC-7 | |
| 9:00am | 4:00am | 3:00am | 1:00am | |
| 10:00am | 5:00am | 4:00am | 2:00am | |
| 11:00am | 6:00am | 5:00am | 3:00am | |
| 12:00pm | 7:00am | 6:00am | 4:00am | |
| 1:00pm | 8:00am | 7:00am | 5:00am | |
| 2:00pm | 9:00am | 8:00am | 6:00am | |
| 3:00pm | 10:00am | 9:00am | 7:00am | |
| 4:00pm | 11:00am | 10:00am | 8:00am | |
| 5:00pm | 12:00pm | 11:00am | 9:00am | |
| 6:00pm | 1:00pm | 12:00pm | 10:00am | |
| 7:00pm | 2:00pm | 1:00pm | 11:00am | |
| 8:00pm | 3:00pm | 2:00pm | 12:00pm | |
| 9:00pm | 4:00pm | 3:00pm | 1:00pm | |
| 10:00pm | 5:00pm | 4:00pm | 2:00pm | |
| 23:00 previous day | 19:00 previous day EDT UTC-4 | 18:00 previous day CDT UTC-5 | 16:00 previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 00:00 | 20:00 previous day EDT UTC-4 | 19:00 previous day CDT UTC-5 | 17:00 previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 01:00 | 21:00 previous day EDT UTC-4 | 20:00 previous day CDT UTC-5 | 18:00 previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 02:00 | 22:00 previous day EDT UTC-4 | 21:00 previous day CDT UTC-5 | 19:00 previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 03:00 | 23:00 previous day EDT UTC-4 | 22:00 previous day CDT UTC-5 | 20:00 previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 04:00 | 00:00 EDT UTC-4 | 23:00 previous day CDT UTC-5 | 21:00 previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 05:00 | 01:00 EDT UTC-4 | 00:00 CDT UTC-5 | 22:00 previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 06:00 | 01:00 | 01:00 CDT UTC-5 | 23:00 previous day PDT UTC-7 | |
| 07:00 | 02:00 | 01:00 | 00:00 PDT UTC-7 | |
| 08:00 | 03:00 | 02:00 | 01:00 PDT UTC-7 | |
| 09:00 | 04:00 | 03:00 | 01:00 | |
| 10:00 | 05:00 | 04:00 | 02:00 | |
| 11:00 | 06:00 | 05:00 | 03:00 | |
| 12:00 | 07:00 | 06:00 | 04:00 | |
| 13:00 | 08:00 | 07:00 | 05:00 | |
| 14:00 | 09:00 | 08:00 | 06:00 | |
| 15:00 | 10:00 | 09:00 | 07:00 | |
| 16:00 | 11:00 | 10:00 | 08:00 | |
| 17:00 | 12:00 | 11:00 | 09:00 | |
| 18:00 | 13:00 | 12:00 | 10:00 | |
| 19:00 | 14:00 | 13:00 | 11:00 | |
| 20:00 | 15:00 | 14:00 | 12:00 | |
| 21:00 | 16:00 | 15:00 | 13:00 | |
| 22:00 | 17:00 | 16:00 | 14:00 |
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.
German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).
Start: Central European Time (CET) started on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
End: Central European Time (CET) ends on Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 28, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
CET representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +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.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for CET
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- 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
- 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
British Summer Time
Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, United Kingdom
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield.
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.
Current time in the United Kingdom: UK time now
BST representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +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.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- British Summer Time - UTC +1
- Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
- Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
- 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
New York City Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
EDT – Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-4 (daylight saving time)
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Chicago Time Zone and Facts
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CDT – Central Daylight Time, UTC-5 (daylight saving time)
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Los Angeles Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
PDT – Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-7 (daylight saving time)
