Japan
JST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
MEZ
Mitteleuropäische Zeit
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Time Difference

JST (Japan Standard Time) is 8 hours ahead of Mitteleuropäische Zeit
9:00 pm21:00 in Osaka, Japan is 1:00 pm13:00 in MEZ

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

9:00 pm21:00 JST (Japan Standard Time) (Osaka, Japan). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

9:00 pm21:00 Osaka, Japan / 1:00 pm13:00 MEZ

Osaka, JapanMEZ
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
00:0016:00
01:0017:00
02:0018:00
03:0019:00
04:0020:00
05:0021:00
06:0022:00
07:0023:00
08:0000:00
09:0001:00
10:0002:00
11:0003:00
12:0004:00
13:0005:00
14:0006:00
15:0007:00
16:0008:00
17:0009:00
18:0010:00
19:0011:00
20:0012:00
21:0013:00
22:0014:00
23:0015:00

Osaka Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
JST - Japan Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+9:00 hours during Japan Standard Time, currently in use.

Osaka Facts

Country
Japan
Alternative Names
OSA, Osaacke, Osaca, Osaca - da ban shi, Osaca - 大阪市, Osaka, Osaka-shi, Osako, Oszaka, awsaka, awzaka, da ban, da ban shi, oosakashi, osaka, osaka si, xo sa ka, ywsaka, Ósaka, Ószaka, Ōsaka, Ōsaka-shi, Осака, אוסקה, أوساكا, ئوساكا, اوزاکا, ওসাকা, โอซะกะ, ოსაკა, おおさかし, 大阪, 大阪市, 오사카 시
Population
2,592,413
Currency
Yen (JPY)
Geographic Coordinates
34° 41' N Latitude / 135° 30' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+81

Mitteleuropäische Zeit

Offset: MEZ is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries: It is used in following countries: 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 MEZ timezone is Berlin from Germany with population about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in the area are Madrid, Rome, Paris, Algiers

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ) started on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of October.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ) ends on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of March.

MEZ 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 one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for MEZ
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
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