CET to FET Converter
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2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 12, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 FET (UTC+3), Oct 12, 2026
CEST is 1 hour behind FET.
CET and FET examples
These examples always use CET (UTC+1) and FET (UTC+3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
CET is 2 hours behind FET.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CEST is 1 hour behind FET. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, CET is 2 hours behind FET.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CEST correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in FET. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CET correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in FET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CEST correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in FET. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CET correspond to 11:00 to 19:00 in FET.
Compare CET time with FET 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 behind Further Eastern European Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 3:00 pm15:00 in FET
CEST to FET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in CEST which corresponds to 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in FET
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Further Eastern European Time (FET). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 3:00 pm15:00 FET
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Central European Time
Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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, 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).
End: Central European Time (CET) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
Start: Central European Time (CET) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
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
Further Eastern European Time
Offset: FET is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Belarus
Principal Cities: The largest city in the FET time zone is Minsk in Belarus, with about 1.742 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Homyel', Hrodna, Vitebsk, Mahilyow.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Further Eastern European Time (FET) do not change for daylight saving time, so FET stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
FET representations, usage and related time zones
- +03 - basic short
- +0300 - basic
- +03:00 - extended
- +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Charlie - Military abbreviation for FET
- C - short form of 'Charlie'
- EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
- MSK - Moscow Standard Time
- AST - Arabia Standard Time
- C - Charlie Time Zone
- EAT - Eastern Africa Time
- FET - Further Eastern European Time
- IDT - Israel Daylight Time
- TRT - Turkey Time
