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CEST/MEZ

Central European Summer Time

GMT +2

12am

3am

6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

9pm

MEZ is not used on this date.

This converter uses CEST (UTC+2), as in Berlin.

Keep MEZ (UTC+1)

EEST/EET

Eastern European Summer Time

GMT +3

12am

3am

6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

9pm

Eastern Europe is on summer time: EEST (UTC+3) until Sun, Oct 25.

Use EET all year (UTC+2)

Quick answers

Selected conversion

2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 10, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 EEST (UTC+3), Oct 10, 2026

CEST is 1 hour behind EEST.

MEZ and EET examples

These examples always use MEZ (UTC+1) and EET (UTC+2). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

MEZ is 1 hour behind EET.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CEST is 1 hour behind EEST. At other times of the year, MEZ is 1 hour behind EET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CEST correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in EEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in MEZ correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in EET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CEST correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in EEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in MEZ correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in EET.

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

Time Difference

Central European Summer Time is 1 hour behind Eastern European Summer Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 3:00 pm15:00 in EEST

CEST to EEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in CEST which corresponds to 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in EEST

2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Eastern European Summer Time (EEST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 3:00 pm15:00 EEST

CEST	EEST
12:00am	1:00am
1:00am	2:00am
2:00am	3:00am
3:00am	4:00am
4:00am	5:00am
5:00am	6:00am
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7:00am	8:00am
8:00am	9:00am
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11:00am	12:00pm
12:00pm	1:00pm
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5:00pm	6:00pm
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23:00	00:00

Mitteleuropäische Zeit

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

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 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.

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).

End: Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ) 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.

Start: Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ) 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.

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 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 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

Eastern European Time

Offset: EET is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Åland Islands, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Lebanon, Lithuania, Latvia, Libya, Moldova, Palestine, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EET time zone is Cairo in Egypt, with about 9.607 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Alexandria, Kiev, Al Jizah, Beirut.

German: OEZ - Osteuropäische Zeit

EET Time Zone Geo Map — EET timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).

End: Eastern European Time (EET) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 4:00 am04:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

Start: Eastern European Time (EET) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 4:00 am04:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.