CET to UTC Converter

Time Difference

Central European Time is 1 hour ahead of Universal Time Coordinated
So 9:02 AM09:02 in CET is 8:02 AM08:02 in UTC

9:02 AM09:02 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
8:02 AM08:02 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

9:02 AM09:02 CET / 8:02 AM08:02 UTC

Central European Time

Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries: It is used in following countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, 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 timezone is Berlin from Germany with population about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in the area are Madrid, Rome, Paris, Algiers

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Start: CET started and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, October 28, 2018, at 3:00 (3:00 am) local time.

End: CET ends and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, March 31, 2019, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit

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 one hour and zero minutes time differences 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
• Poland

Time zones with the GMT +1:00 h 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

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

• Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
• +00 - basic short
• +0000 - basic
• +00:00 - extended

• +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.

• Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
• Z - short form of 'Zulu'

• Antarctica/Troll
• UTC

Time zones with the GMT 0:00 h offset:

• EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
• GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
• WET - Western European Time
• AZOST - Azores Summer Time
• UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
• WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
• Z - Zulu Time Zone
• +00 -