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MART
Marquesas Time
GMT -9:30
12am
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6am
9am
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3pm
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9pm
CEST
Central European Summer Time
GMT +2
12am
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6am
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9pm

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2:30 am02:30 MART (UTC-9:30), Oct 9, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 9, 2026

MART is 11 hours and 30 minutes behind CEST.

MART and CEST examples

These examples always use MART (UTC-9:30) and CEST (UTC+2). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

MART is 11 hours and 30 minutes behind CEST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, MART is 11 hours and 30 minutes behind CEST. At other times of the year, MART is 10 hours and 30 minutes behind CET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in MART correspond to 8:30 pm to 4:30 am (next day) in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in MART correspond to 7:30 pm to 3:30 am (next day) in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in MART correspond to 20:30 to 04:30 (next day) in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in MART correspond to 19:30 to 03:30 (next day) in CET.

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

Time Difference

Marquesas Time is 11 hours and 30 minutes behind Central European Summer Time.
2:30 am02:30 in MART is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST

MART to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in MART which corresponds to 6:30pm-7:30pm18:30-19:30 in CEST

2:30 am02:30 Marquesas Time (MART). Offset UTC -9:30 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

2:30 am02:30 MART / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST

MARTCEST
12:00am11:30am
1:00am12:30pm
2:00am1:30pm
3:00am2:30pm
4:00am3:30pm
5:00am4:30pm
6:00am5:30pm
7:00am6:30pm
8:00am7:30pm
9:00am8:30pm
10:00am9:30pm
11:00am10:30pm
12:00pm11:30pm
1:00pm12:30am
2:00pm1:30am
3:00pm2:30am
4:00pm3:30am
5:00pm4:30am
6:00pm5:30am
7:00pm6:30am
8:00pm7:30am
9:00pm8:30am
10:00pm9:30am
11:00pm10:30am
00:0011:30
01:0012:30
02:0013:30
03:0014:30
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06:0017:30
07:0018:30
08:0019:30
09:0020:30
10:0021:30
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Marquesas Time

Offset: MART is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: French Polynesia

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Marquesas Time (MART) do not change for daylight saving time, so MART stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

MART Time Zone Geo Map
MART timezone map

MART representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -0930 - basic
  • -09:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0930 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours and thirty minutes to the west of the zero meridian.

Central European Summer Time

Offset: CEST is 2 hours 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, 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, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CEST time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Rome, Paris, Hamburg.

German: MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

CEST Time Zone Geo Map
CEST timezone map

Daylight Saving: Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Central European Time (CET).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: Central European Summer Time (CEST) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: Central European Summer Time (CEST) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CEST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for CEST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CEST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Ceuta
  • 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 +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time