MEZ to CDT Converter
Start by searching for a time zone, city, or town.
Add one or more places to compare local times, adjust the date, and share the result.
Quick answers
Selected conversion
1:00 pm13:00 MEZ (UTC+1), Oct 31, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 31, 2026
MEZ is 6 hours ahead of CDT.
MEZ and CDT examples
These examples always use MEZ (UTC+1) and CDT (UTC-5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
MEZ is 6 hours ahead of CDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, MESZ is 7 hours ahead of CDT. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31 to Nov 7, 2027, MEZ is 6 hours ahead of CDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, MEZ is 7 hours ahead of CST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MESZ correspond to 2:00 am to 11:00 am in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MEZ correspond to 2:00 am to 11:00 am in CST or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MEZ correspond to 3:00 am to 12:00 pm in CDT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MESZ correspond to 02:00 to 11:00 in CDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MEZ correspond to 02:00 to 11:00 in CST or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MEZ correspond to 03:00 to 12:00 in CDT.
Compare MEZ time with CDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Mitteleuropäische Zeit is 6 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in MEZ is 7:00 am07:00 in CDT
MEZ to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-6pm15:00-18:00 in MEZ which corresponds to 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in CDT
1:00 pm13:00 Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
7:00 am07:00 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 MEZ / 7:00 am07:00 CDT
Choose an hour to update the converter. Day labels such as “next day” or “+1” are relative to the selected date in the first column. Use Up and Down arrow keys, Home or End to move between hours, then Enter or Space to select.
| MEZ | CDT |
|---|---|
| 6:00pm previous day | |
| 7:00pm previous day | |
| 8:00pm previous day | |
| 9:00pm previous day | |
| 10:00pm previous day | |
| 11:00pm previous day | |
| 12:00am | |
| 1:00am | |
| 2:00am | |
| 3:00am | |
| 4:00am | |
| 5:00am | |
| 6:00am | |
| 7:00am | |
| 8:00am | |
| 9:00am | |
| 10:00am | |
| 11:00am | |
| 12:00pm | |
| 1:00pm | |
| 2:00pm | |
| 3:00pm | |
| 4:00pm | |
| 5:00pm | |
| 18:00 previous day | |
| 19:00 previous day | |
| 20:00 previous day | |
| 21:00 previous day | |
| 22:00 previous day | |
| 23:00 previous day | |
| 00:00 | |
| 01:00 | |
| 02:00 | |
| 03:00 | |
| 04:00 | |
| 05:00 | |
| 06:00 | |
| 07:00 | |
| 08:00 | |
| 09:00 | |
| 10:00 | |
| 11:00 | |
| 12:00 | |
| 13:00 | |
| 14:00 | |
| 15:00 | |
| 16:00 | |
| 17:00 |
Mitteleuropäische Zeit
Offset: MEZ 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 MEZ time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.
Today all shaded areas are on MEZ.
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: Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ) started on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
End: Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ) ends on Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 28, 2027, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
MEZ 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 MEZ
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- 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
Central Daylight Time
Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT time zone is Chicago in the United States, with about 2.664 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth.
French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre
Spanish: CT - Zona Centro
Today all shaded areas are on CDT.
Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Central Standard Time (CST).
Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.
End: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
CDT 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 CDT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Chicago
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Resolute
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
- Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
- 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