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This converter keeps WESZ at UTC+1. Lisbon uses WET (UTC+0) on this date. Open the WET converter, or choose Lisbon, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, or Porto for city-specific time.

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1:00 pm13:00 CET (UTC+1), Oct 31, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 WESZ (UTC+1), Oct 31, 2026

CET and WESZ have the same local time.

CET and WESZ examples

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

CET and WESZ have the same local time.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CEST is 1 hour ahead of WESZ. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31, 2027 to Mar 26, 2028, CET and WESZ have the same time.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in WESZ. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WESZ.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in WESZ. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in WESZ.

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

Time Difference

Central European Time and Westeuropäische Sommerzeit have the same local time.
1:00 pm13:00 in CET is 1:00 pm13:00 in WESZ

CET to WESZ call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in CET which corresponds to 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in WESZ

1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
1:00 pm13:00 Westeuropäische Sommerzeit (WESZ). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

1:00 pm13:00 CET / 1:00 pm13:00 WESZ

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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

Westeuropäische Sommerzeit

Offset: WESZ is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Faroe Islands, Portugal, Spain

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WESZ time zone is Lisbon in Portugal, with about 517,802 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Braga.

Map of the areas on Westeuropäische Sommerzeit (WESZ)
WESZ part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC+0 (WET).

Daylight Saving: Westeuropäische Sommerzeit (WESZ) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Western European Time (WET).

123456789101112End: Westeuropäische Sommerzeit (WESZ) ended on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

123456789101112Start: Westeuropäische Sommerzeit (WESZ) starts on Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 28, 2027, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

See Portugal daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

WESZ 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 WESZ
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
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