CET to EST to Shanghai, China
Compare CET time with EST and Shanghai time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central European Time is 6 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time and 7 hours behind CST (China Standard Time)
1:00 pm13:00 in CET is 7:00 am07:00 in EST and is 8:00 pm20:00 in Shanghai, China
CET to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-5pm in CET which corresponds to 9am-11am in EST
CET to Shanghai call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am in CET which corresponds to 4pm-5pm in Shanghai
1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 CST (China Standard Time) (Shanghai, China). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 CET / 7:00 am07:00 EST / 8:00 pm20:00 Shanghai, China
| CET | EST | Shanghai, China |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 6pm | 7am |
| 1am | 7pm | 8am |
| 2am | 8pm | 9am |
| 3am | 9pm | 10am |
| 4am | 10pm | 11am |
| 5am | 11pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 6am | 12am (midnight) | 1pm |
| 7am | 1am | 2pm |
| 8am | 2am | 3pm |
| 9am | 3am | 4pm |
| 10am | 4am | 5pm |
| 11am | 5am | 6pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 6am | 7pm |
| 1pm | 7am | 8pm |
| 2pm | 8am | 9pm |
| 3pm | 9am | 10pm |
| 4pm | 10am | 11pm |
| 5pm | 11am | 12am (midnight) |
| 6pm | 12pm (noon) | 1am |
| 7pm | 1pm | 2am |
| 8pm | 2pm | 3am |
| 9pm | 3pm | 4am |
| 10pm | 4pm | 5am |
| 11pm | 5pm | 6am |
| 00:00 | 18:00 | 07:00 |
| 01:00 | 19:00 | 08:00 |
| 02:00 | 20:00 | 09:00 |
| 03:00 | 21:00 | 10:00 |
| 04:00 | 22:00 | 11:00 |
| 05:00 | 23:00 | 12:00 |
| 06:00 | 00:00 | 13:00 |
| 07:00 | 01:00 | 14:00 |
| 08:00 | 02:00 | 15:00 |
| 09:00 | 03:00 | 16:00 |
| 10:00 | 04:00 | 17:00 |
| 11:00 | 05:00 | 18:00 |
| 12:00 | 06:00 | 19:00 |
| 13:00 | 07:00 | 20:00 |
| 14:00 | 08:00 | 21:00 |
| 15:00 | 09:00 | 22:00 |
| 16:00 | 10:00 | 23:00 |
| 17:00 | 11:00 | 00:00 |
| 18:00 | 12:00 | 01:00 |
| 19:00 | 13:00 | 02:00 |
| 20:00 | 14:00 | 03:00 |
| 21:00 | 15:00 | 04:00 |
| 22:00 | 16:00 | 05:00 |
| 23:00 | 17:00 | 06:00 |
Central European Time
Offset: CET is 1 hour 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, 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 time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Rome, Paris, Algiers.
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 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
End: Central European Time (CET) ends on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am 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
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
EST 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 EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- 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