CET to L Converter
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1:00 pm13:00 CET (UTC+1), Nov 11, 2026 = 11:00 pm23:00 L (UTC+11), Nov 11, 2026
CET is 10 hours behind L.
CET and L examples
These examples always use CET (UTC+1) and L (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 L.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CEST is 9 hours behind L. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31, 2027 to Mar 26, 2028, CET is 10 hours behind L.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 6:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in L. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 7:00 pm to 4:00 am (next day) in L.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 18:00 to 03:00 (next day) in L. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 19:00 to 04:00 (next day) in L.
Compare CET time with L time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central European Time is 10 hours behind Lima Time Zone.
1:00 pm13:00 in CET is 11:00 pm23:00 in L
CET to L call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in CET which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in L. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
11:00 pm23:00 Lima Time Zone (L). Offset UTC +11:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 CET / 11:00 pm23:00 L
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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
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).
Start: 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.
End: 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.
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
Lima Time Zone
Offset: L is 11 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Australia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Principal Cities: The largest city in the L time zone is Sydney in Australia, with about 5.639 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Melbourne, Newcastle, Canberra, Central Coast.
Daylight Saving: Some places on Lima Time Zone (L) keep the same time all year, while others use L for only part of the year and change their clocks for daylight saving time; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC+12.
L 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 L
- 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
- PONT - Pohnpei Standard Time
- SBT - Solomon Islands Time
- VLAST - Vladivostok Summer Time
- VUT - Vanuatu Time