CEST/CET
Central European Summer Time
GMT +2
CET automatically adjusted to CEST time zone, that is in use
CMT
GMT -4

Time Difference

Central European Summer Time is 6 hours and 27.666666666666675 minutes ahead of
4:30 pm16:30 in CEST is 10:02 am10:02 in CMT

CET to CMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1:27.66666666666673pm-6pm in CET which corresponds to 8am-12:32.33333333333327pm in CMT

4:30 pm16:30 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
10:02 am10:02 (CMT). Offset UTC -4:27 hours

4:30 pm16:30 CEST / 10:02 am10:02 CMT

CEST CMT
12am (midnight) 5:32 pm
1am 6:32 pm
2am 7:32 pm
3am 8:32 pm
4am 9:32 pm
5am 10:32 pm
6am 11:32 pm
7am 12:32 am
8am 1:32 am
9am 2:32 am
10am 3:32 am
11am 4:32 am
12pm (noon) 5:32 am
1pm 6:32 am
2pm 7:32 am
3pm 8:32 am
4pm 9:32 am
5pm 10:32 am
6pm 11:32 am
7pm 12:32 pm
8pm 1:32 pm
9pm 2:32 pm
10pm 3:32 pm
11pm 4:32 pm
0:00 17:32
1:00 18:32
2:00 19:32
3:00 20:32
4:00 21:32
5:00 22:32
6:00 23:32
7:00 0:32
8:00 1:32
9:00 2:32
10:00 3:32
11:00 4:32
12:00 5:32
13:00 6:32
14:00 7:32
15:00 8:32
16:00 9:32
17:00 10:32
18:00 11:32
19:00 12:32
20:00 13:32
21:00 14:32
22:00 15:32
23:00 16:32

Central European Time

Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries: It is used in following countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, 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, Tunisia, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET timezone is Berlin from Germany with population about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in the area are Madrid, Rome, Paris, Algiers

German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit

CET Time Zone Geo Map
CET timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Central European Time (CET) has ended on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on last Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: Central European Time (CET) starts on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of October.

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 one hour and zero minutes time differences 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

CMT

Offset: CMT is 4 hours and 27.666666666666675 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in America

CMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -0428 - basic
  • -04:28 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0427 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (27) of the offset. Indicates four hour and twenty-seven minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.