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Eastern Europe is on standard time: EET (UTC+2) until Sun, Mar 28, 2027.
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2:00 pm14:00 EET (UTC+2), Oct 30, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 30, 2026

EET is 7 hours ahead of CDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EEST is 8 hours ahead of CT. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, EET is 7 hours ahead of CT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, EET is 8 hours ahead of CT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EEST correspond to 1:00 am to 10:00 am in CT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EET correspond to 1:00 am to 10:00 am in CT or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EET correspond to 2:00 am to 11:00 am in CT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EEST correspond to 01:00 to 10:00 in CT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EET correspond to 01:00 to 10:00 in CT or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in EET correspond to 02:00 to 11:00 in CT.

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

Time Difference

Eastern European Time is 7 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in EET is 7:00 am07:00 in CDT

EET to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in EET which corresponds to 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in CDT

2:00 pm14:00 Eastern European Time (EET). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 EET / 7:00 am07:00 CDT

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Eastern European Summer Time

Offset: EEST is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Åland Islands, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Moldova, Palestinian Territory, Romania, Ukraine

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EEST time zone is Cairo in Egypt, with about 9.607 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Alexandria, Giza, Kyiv, Beirut.

German: OESZ - Osteuropäische Sommerzeit

Map of the areas on Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
EEST part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC+2 (EET).

Daylight Saving: Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Eastern European Time (EET).

123456789101112End: Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) ended on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 4:00 am04:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

123456789101112Start: Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) starts on Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 28, 2027, 4:00 am04:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EEST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for EEST
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EEST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Cairo
  • Asia/Beirut
  • Asia/Famagusta
  • Asia/Gaza
  • Asia/Hebron
  • Asia/Nicosia
  • EET
  • Egypt
  • Europe/Athens
  • Europe/Bucharest
  • Europe/Chisinau
  • Europe/Helsinki
  • Europe/Kiev
  • Europe/Kyiv
  • Europe/Mariehamn
  • Europe/Nicosia
  • Europe/Riga
  • Europe/Sofia
  • Europe/Tallinn
  • Europe/Tiraspol
  • Europe/Uzhgorod
  • Europe/Vilnius
  • Europe/Zaporozhye
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time

Central Time

Central Time (CT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Central Standard Time (CST) or Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the United States and Canada. CT is not static but switches between CDT and CST.

Territories observing the time zone are primarily in North and Central America. It runs through several Mexican and U.S. states, as well as several Canadian provinces and Central American countries.

Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CT time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Puebla, Santiago de Querétaro.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

Map of the areas on Central Time (CT)
CT all year CT part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC−6 (Central Standard Time, MDT).

CT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CT
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone