CET to KOST Converter
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2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 13, 2026 = 11:00 pm23:00 KOST (UTC+11), Oct 13, 2026
CEST is 9 hours behind KOST.
CET and KOST examples
These examples always use CET (UTC+1) and KOST (UTC+11). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
CET is 10 hours behind KOST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CEST is 9 hours behind KOST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, CET is 10 hours behind KOST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CEST correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in KOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CET correspond to 7:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in KOST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CEST correspond to 18:00 to 02:00 (next day) in KOST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CET correspond to 19:00 to 03:00 (next day) in KOST.
Compare CET time with KOST 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 9 hours behind Kosrae Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 11:00 pm23:00 in KOST
CEST to KOST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in CEST which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in KOST. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
11:00 pm23:00 Kosrae Time (KOST). Offset UTC +11:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 11:00 pm23:00 KOST
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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
Today the lighter areas are on UTC+2 (CEST).
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
Kosrae Time
Offset: KOST is 11 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Micronesia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the KOST time zone is Tofol in Micronesia, with about 9,686 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lelu.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Kosrae Time (KOST) do not change for daylight saving time, so KOST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
KOST representations, usage and related time zones
- +11 - basic short
- +1100 - basic
- +11:00 - extended
- +1100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Lima - Military abbreviation for KOST
- L - short form of 'Lima'
- AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time
- BST - Bougainville Standard Time
- KOST - Kosrae Time
- L - Lima Time Zone
- LHDT - Lord Howe Daylight Time
- MAGT - Magadan Time
- NCT - New Caledonia Time
- NFT - Norfolk Time
- PETT - Kamchatka Time
- PONT - Pohnpei Standard Time
- SBT - Solomon IslandsTime
- VLAST - Vladivostok Summer Time
- VUT - Vanuatu Time