COT to CET Converter
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7:00 am07:00 COT (UTC-5), Oct 12, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 12, 2026
COT is 7 hours behind CEST.
COT and CET examples
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COT is 6 hours behind CET.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, COT is 7 hours behind CEST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, COT is 6 hours behind CET.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in COT correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in COT correspond to 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in COT correspond to 16:00 to 00:00 (next day) in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in COT correspond to 15:00 to 23:00 in CET.
Compare COT time with CET time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Colombia Time is 7 hours behind Central European Summer Time.
7:00 am07:00 in COT is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST
COT to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in COT which corresponds to 4pm-5pm16:00-17:00 in CEST
7:00 am07:00 Colombia Time (COT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 COT / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST
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Colombia Time
Offset: COT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Colombia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the COT time zone is Bogotá in Colombia, with about 7.674 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Cartagena.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Colombia Time (COT) do not change for daylight saving time, so COT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
COT representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for COT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
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