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EET/EEST
Eastern European Time
GMT +2
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How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EEST is 8 hours ahead of CT. At other times of the year, EET is 8 hours ahead of CT or EET is 7 hours ahead of CT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EEST correspond to 1:00 am to 9:00 am in CT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EET correspond to 1:00 am to 9:00 am in CT or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EET correspond to 2:00 am to 10:00 am 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 8 hours ahead of Central Time
2:00 pm14:00 in EET is 6:00 am06:00 in CT

EET to CT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-5:30pm in EET which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am in CT

2:00 pm14:00 Eastern European Time (EET). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Time (CT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 EET / 6:00 am06:00 CT

EETCT
12am (midnight)4pm
1am5pm
2am6pm
3am7pm
4am8pm
5am9pm
6am10pm
7am11pm
8am12am (midnight)
9am1am
10am2am
11am3am
12pm (noon)4am
1pm5am
2pm6am
3pm7am
4pm8am
5pm9am
6pm10am
7pm11am
8pm12pm (noon)
9pm1pm
10pm2pm
11pm3pm
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Eastern European Summer Time

Offset: EEST is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Åland Islands, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Lebanon, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Palestine, 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, Kiev, Al Jizah, Beirut.

German: OESZ - Osteuropäische Sommerzeit

EEST Time Zone Geo Map
EEST timezone map

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).

End: Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) ended on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 4:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 3:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) starts on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 4:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March

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, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States.

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

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

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