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Central Europe is on summer time: CEST (UTC+2) until Sun, Oct 25.
GMT
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4h behind
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The United Kingdom is on summer time: BST (UTC+1) until Sun, Oct 25.

Iceland and Ghana stay on GMT (UTC+0).

ET/EDT
UTC−4
8h behind
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PT/PDT
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11h behind
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4:00 pm16:00 GST (UTC+4), Oct 17, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 17, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Oct 17, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 17, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 17, 2026

GST is 2 hours ahead of CEST. GST is 4 hours ahead of GMT. GST is 8 hours ahead of EDT. GST is 11 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

GST to CET

For most of the year, GST is 2 hours ahead of CEST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, GST is 3 hours ahead of CET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GST correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GST correspond to 6:00 am to 3:00 pm in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in GST correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in GST correspond to 06:00 to 15:00 in CET.

GST to GMT

GST is 4 hours ahead of GMT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GST correspond to 5:00 am to 2:00 pm in GMT.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in GST correspond to 05:00 to 14:00 in GMT.

GST to ET

For most of the year, GST is 8 hours ahead of ET. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, GST is 9 hours ahead of ET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GST correspond to 1:00 am to 10:00 am in ET. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GST correspond to 12:00 am to 9:00 am in ET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in GST correspond to 01:00 to 10:00 in ET. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in GST correspond to 00:00 to 09:00 in ET.

GST to PT

For most of the year, GST is 11 hours ahead of PT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, GST is 12 hours ahead of PT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GST correspond to 10:00 pm (previous day) to 7:00 am in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GST correspond to 9:00 pm (previous day) to 6:00 am in PT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in GST correspond to 22:00 (previous day) to 07:00 in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in GST correspond to 21:00 (previous day) to 06:00 in 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 2 hours ahead of Central European Summer Time. Gulf Standard Time is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. Gulf Standard Time is 8 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time. Gulf Standard Time is 11 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
4:00 pm16:00 in GST is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST and is 12:00 pm12:00 in GMT and is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT and is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

GST to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in GST which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in CEST
GST to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-6pm13:00-18:00 in GST which corresponds to 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in GMT
GST to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in GST which corresponds to 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in EDT
GST to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6:30pm-7:30pm18:30-19:30 in GST which corresponds to 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in PDT. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

4:00 pm16:00 Gulf Standard Time (GST). Offset UTC +4:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

4:00 pm16:00 GST / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 12:00 pm12:00 GMT / 8:00 am08:00 EDT / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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Gulf Standard Time

Offset: GST is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Oman, United Arab Emirates

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GST time zone is Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, with about 3.79 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain City, Muscat.

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; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

GST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +04 - basic short
  • +0400 - basic
  • +04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Delta - Military abbreviation for GST
  • D - short form of 'Delta'
Time zones with the GMT +4 offset:
  • 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 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 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).

123456789101112End: 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.

123456789101112Start: 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.

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

Greenwich Mean Time

Offset: GMT is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, United Kingdom, Western Sahara

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar.

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 the two are the same. In the military, GMT is known as Zulu time. Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields, until the introduction of UTC in 1972.

Map of the areas on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
GMT all year GMT part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC+1 (British Summer Time, Irish Standard Time).

GMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects GMT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
  • 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, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ET time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Map of the areas on Eastern Time (ET)
ET all year ET part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC−5 (Central Daylight Time, EST).

ET representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for ET
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
ET Abbreviation: Several time zones share ET abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Eastern Time - UTC -5
  • Tiempo del Este - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • 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 North America. 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 United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico. From November 1, 2026, most of British Columbia in Canada keeps UTC-7 all year instead.

Countries using this time zone: Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PT time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PT
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone