GST to CET to GMT to ET to PT
Compare GST time with CET, GMT, ET, and PT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Gulf Standard Time is 3 hours ahead of Central European Time and 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and 9 hours ahead of Eastern Time and 12 hours ahead of Pacific Time
6:00 pm18:00 in GST is 3:00 pm15:00 in CET and is 2:00 pm14:00 in GMT and is 9:00 am09:00 in ET and is 6:00 am06:00 in PT
GST to CET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm in GST which corresponds to 9am-2pm in CET
GST to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-5pm in GST which corresponds to 9am-1pm in GMT
GST to ET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm in GST which corresponds to 8am-9am in ET
GST to PT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7pm-8pm in GST which corresponds to 7am-8am in PT
6:00 pm18:00 Gulf Standard Time (GST). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
2:00 pm14:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 Eastern Time (ET). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Pacific Time (PT). Offset UTC -8:00 hours
6:00 pm18:00 GST / 3:00 pm15:00 CET / 2:00 pm14:00 GMT / 9:00 am09:00 ET / 6:00 am06:00 PT
| GST | CET | GMT | ET | PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 9pm | 8pm | 3pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 1am | 10pm | 9pm | 4pm | 1pm |
| 2am | 11pm | 10pm | 5pm | 2pm |
| 3am | 12am (midnight) | 11pm | 6pm | 3pm |
| 4am | 1am | 12am (midnight) | 7pm | 4pm |
| 5am | 2am | 1am | 8pm | 5pm |
| 6am | 3am | 2am | 9pm | 6pm |
| 7am | 4am | 3am | 10pm | 7pm |
| 8am | 5am | 4am | 11pm | 8pm |
| 9am | 6am | 5am | 12am (midnight) | 9pm |
| 10am | 7am | 6am | 1am | 10pm |
| 11am | 8am | 7am | 2am | 11pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 9am | 8am | 3am | 12am (midnight) |
| 1pm | 10am | 9am | 4am | 1am |
| 2pm | 11am | 10am | 5am | 2am |
| 3pm | 12pm (noon) | 11am | 6am | 3am |
| 4pm | 1pm | 12pm (noon) | 7am | 4am |
| 5pm | 2pm | 1pm | 8am | 5am |
| 6pm | 3pm | 2pm | 9am | 6am |
| 7pm | 4pm | 3pm | 10am | 7am |
| 8pm | 5pm | 4pm | 11am | 8am |
| 9pm | 6pm | 5pm | 12pm (noon) | 9am |
| 10pm | 7pm | 6pm | 1pm | 10am |
| 11pm | 8pm | 7pm | 2pm | 11am |
| 00:00 | 21:00 | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 |
| 01:00 | 22:00 | 21:00 | 16:00 | 13:00 |
| 02:00 | 23:00 | 22:00 | 17:00 | 14:00 |
| 03:00 | 00:00 | 23:00 | 18:00 | 15:00 |
| 04:00 | 01:00 | 00:00 | 19:00 | 16:00 |
| 05:00 | 02:00 | 01:00 | 20:00 | 17:00 |
| 06:00 | 03:00 | 02:00 | 21:00 | 18:00 |
| 07:00 | 04:00 | 03:00 | 22:00 | 19:00 |
| 08:00 | 05:00 | 04:00 | 23:00 | 20:00 |
| 09:00 | 06:00 | 05:00 | 00:00 | 21:00 |
| 10:00 | 07:00 | 06:00 | 01:00 | 22:00 |
| 11:00 | 08:00 | 07:00 | 02:00 | 23:00 |
| 12:00 | 09:00 | 08:00 | 03:00 | 00:00 |
| 13:00 | 10:00 | 09:00 | 04:00 | 01:00 |
| 14:00 | 11:00 | 10:00 | 05:00 | 02:00 |
| 15:00 | 12:00 | 11:00 | 06:00 | 03:00 |
| 16:00 | 13:00 | 12:00 | 07:00 | 04:00 |
| 17:00 | 14:00 | 13:00 | 08:00 | 05:00 |
| 18:00 | 15:00 | 14:00 | 09:00 | 06:00 |
| 19:00 | 16:00 | 15:00 | 10:00 | 07:00 |
| 20:00 | 17:00 | 16:00 | 11:00 | 08:00 |
| 21:00 | 18:00 | 17:00 | 12:00 | 09:00 |
| 22:00 | 19:00 | 18:00 | 13:00 | 10:00 |
| 23:00 | 20:00 | 19:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 |
Gulf Standard Time
Offset: GST is 4 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: United Arab Emirates
Principal Cities: The largest city in the GST time zone is Dubai in United Arab Emirates, with about 1.137 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ajman.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Gulf Standard Time (GST) do not change for daylight saving time, so GST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

GST representations, usage and related time zones
- +04 - basic short
- +0400 - basic
- +04:00 - extended
- +0400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Delta - Military abbreviation for GST
- D - short form of 'Delta'
- KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
- MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
- SAMT - Samara Time
- AMT - Armenia Time
- AZT - Azerbaijan Time
- D - Delta Time Zone
- GET - Georgia Standard Time
- GST - Gulf Standard Time
- MUT - Mauritius Time
- RET - Reunion Time
- SCT - Seychelles Time
Central European Time
Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
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, Rome, Paris, Algiers.
German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit

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).
Start: Central European Time (CET) started on Sunday, October 31, 2021 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 31, 2021, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
End: Central European Time (CET) ends on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 27, 2022, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
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
Greenwich Mean Time
Offset: GMT is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Britain (UK), Guernsey, Ghana, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo
Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in United Kingdom, with about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Dakar, Grand Dakar, Accra.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.

GMT 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 the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Africa/Abidjan
- Africa/Accra
- Africa/Bamako
- Africa/Banjul
- Africa/Bissau
- Africa/Conakry
- Africa/Dakar
- Africa/Freetown
- Africa/Lome
- Africa/Monrovia
- Africa/Nouakchott
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Africa/Sao_Tome
- Africa/Timbuktu
- America/Danmarkshavn
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Atlantic/St_Helena
- Eire
- Etc/GMT
- Etc/GMT+0
- Etc/GMT-0
- Etc/GMT0
- Etc/Greenwich
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Dublin
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- GMT
- GMT+0
- GMT-0
- GMT0
- Greenwich
- Iceland
- 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
Eastern Time
Eastern Time (ET) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Eastern Standard Time (EST) or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the United States and Canada. ET is not static but switches between EDT and EST.
ET is also used somewhat as a de facto official time for all of the United States because it encompasses 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States including the capital city Washington D.C., the most populous city New York and half of the country’s population.
In the United States nationally televised programs, evening newscasts, talent and awards shows, and any other nationally televised event that airs live on American television during prime time and on the weekends are broadcast live in the Eastern Time Zone. Major professional sports leagues MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL also provide their game times in Eastern Time, even if teams are from outside of Eastern Time.
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States.
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
ET 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 ET
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- Eastern Time - UTC -5
- Tiempo del Este - UTC -5
- 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
Pacific Time
Pacific Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in the United States and Canada. PT also called Pacific Coast Time. PT is not static but switches between PDT and PST.
Territories observing the Pacific Time Zone are primarily in North America. It runs through the western part of Canada, the United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico.
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States.
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose.
French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste
PT representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PT
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone
