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This converter keeps HAT at UTC−2:30. St Johns uses NST (UTC−3:30) on this date. Open the NST converter, or choose St Johns, Conception Bay South, or Mount Pearl for city-specific time.

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3:30 pm15:30 CET (UTC+1), Nov 1, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 HAT (UTC-2:30), Nov 1, 2026

CET is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of HAT.

CET and HAT examples

These examples always use CET (UTC+1) and HAT (UTC-2:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CET is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of HAT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CEST is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of HAT. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31, 2027 to Mar 26, 2028, CET is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of HAT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 4:30 am to 1:30 pm in HAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 5:30 am to 2:30 pm in HAT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 04:30 to 13:30 in HAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 05:30 to 14:30 in HAT.

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

Time Difference

Central European Time is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve.
3:30 pm15:30 in CET is 12:00 pm12:00 in HAT

CET to HAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12:30pm-6pm12:30-18:00 in CET which corresponds to 9am-2:30pm09:00-14:30 in HAT

3:30 pm15:30 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
12:00 pm12:00 Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT). Offset UTC -2:30 hours

3:30 pm15:30 CET / 12:00 pm12:00 HAT

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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.

German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit

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

Today all shaded areas are on CET.

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).

123456789101112Start: 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.

123456789101112End: 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.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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

Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve

Offset: HAT is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada

Principal Cities: The largest city in the HAT time zone is St. John's in Canada, with about 110,525 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Clarenville.

Map of the areas on Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT)
HAT part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC−3:30 (NST).

Daylight Saving: Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Newfoundland Standard Time (NST).

123456789101112End: Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT) ended on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

123456789101112Start: Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT) starts on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 14, 2027, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

See Canada daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

HAT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -0230 - basic
  • -02:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0230 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours and thirty minutes to the west of the zero meridian.