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CET
Central European Time
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
NCT
New Caledonia Time
GMT +11
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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CET and NCT examples

These examples always use CET (UTC+1) and NCT (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 NCT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CEST is 9 hours behind NCT. At other times of the year, CET is 10 hours behind NCT.

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 NCT. 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 NCT.

Compare CET time with NCT 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 New Caledonia Time
1:00 pm13:00 in CET is 11:00 pm23:00 in NCT

CET to NCT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am in CET which corresponds to 5:30pm-6:30pm in NCT

1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
11:00 pm23:00 New Caledonia Time (NCT). Offset UTC +11:00 hours

1:00 pm13:00 CET / 11:00 pm23:00 NCT

CETNCT
12am (midnight)10am
1am11am
2am12pm (noon)
3am1pm
4am2pm
5am3pm
6am4pm
7am5pm
8am6pm
9am7pm
10am8pm
11am9pm
12pm (noon)10pm
1pm11pm
2pm12am (midnight)
3pm1am
4pm2am
5pm3am
6pm4am
7pm5am
8pm6am
9pm7am
10pm8am
11pm9am
00:0010:00
01:0011:00
02:0012:00
03:0013:00
04:0014:00
05:0015:00
06:0016:00
07:0017:00
08:0018:00
09:0019:00
10:0020:00
11:0021:00
12:0022:00
13:0023:00
14:0000:00
15:0001:00
16:0002:00
17:0003:00
18:0004:00
19:0005:00
20:0006:00
21:0007:00
22:0008:00
23:0009:00

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, Algiers, Rome, Paris.

German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit

CET Time Zone Geo Map
CET timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: 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

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

New Caledonia Time

Offset: NCT is 11 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: New Caledonia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NCT time zone is Noumea in New Caledonia, with about 93,060 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mont Dore, Dumbea.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in New Caledonia Time (NCT) do not change for daylight saving time, so NCT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

NCT Time Zone Geo Map
NCT timezone map

NCT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +11 - basic short
  • +1100 - basic
  • +11:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Lima - Military abbreviation for NCT
  • L - short form of 'Lima'
Time zones with the GMT +11 offset:
  • 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