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MEZ to MESZ Converter

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CEST/MEZ
Central European Summer Time
GMT +2
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MEZ is not used on this date.

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

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Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
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Quick answers

Selected conversion

2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 8, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 MESZ (UTC+2), Oct 8, 2026

CEST and MESZ have the same local time.

MEZ and MESZ examples

These examples always use MEZ (UTC+1) and MESZ (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 MESZ.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CEST and MESZ have the same time. At other times of the year, MEZ is 1 hour behind MESZ.

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

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

Time Difference

Central European Summer Time and Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit have the same local time.
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 2:00 pm14:00 in MESZ

CEST to MESZ call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in CEST which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in MESZ

2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 2:00 pm14:00 MESZ

CESTMESZ
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1:00am1:00am
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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).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: 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.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: 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

Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

Offset: MESZ 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 MESZ time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Rome, Paris, Hamburg.

Daylight Saving: Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ) 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: Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ) 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: Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ) 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.

MESZ 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 MESZ
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
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
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