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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.

PT/PDT
Pacific Time
GMT -7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 6, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 6, 2026

CEST is 9 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CEST is 9 hours ahead of PT. At other times of the year, MEZ is 9 hours ahead of PT or MEZ is 8 hours ahead of PT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CEST correspond to 12:00 am to 8:00 am in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in MEZ correspond to 12:00 am to 8:00 am in PT or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in MEZ correspond to 1:00 am to 9:00 am in PT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CEST correspond to 00:00 to 08:00 in PT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in MEZ correspond to 00:00 to 08:00 in PT or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in MEZ correspond to 01:00 to 09:00 in PT.

Compare MEZ time with PT 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 9 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

CEST to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in CEST which corresponds to 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in PDT

2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

CESTPT
12:00am3:00pm
1:00am4:00pm
2:00am5:00pm
3:00am6:00pm
4:00am7:00pm
5:00am8:00pm
6:00am9:00pm
7:00am10:00pm
8:00am11:00pm
9:00am12:00am
10:00am1:00am
11:00am2:00am
12:00pm3:00am
1:00pm4:00am
2:00pm5:00am
3:00pm6:00am
4:00pm7:00am
5:00pm8:00am
6:00pm9:00am
7:00pm10:00am
8:00pm11:00am
9:00pm12:00pm
10:00pm1:00pm
11:00pm2:00pm
00:0015:00
01:0016:00
02:0017:00
03:0018:00
04:0019:00
05:0020:00
06:0021:00
07:0022:00
08:0023:00
09:0000:00
10:0001:00
11:0002:00
12:0003:00
13:0004:00
14:0005:00
15:0006:00
16:0007:00
17:0008:00
18:0009:00
19:0010:00
20:0011:00
21:0012:00
22:0013:00
23:0014:00

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).

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

Pacific Time

Pacific Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in the United States and Canada. PT also called Pacific Coast Time. PT is not static but switches between PDT and PST.

Territories observing the Pacific Time Zone are primarily in North America. It runs through the western part of Canada, the United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico.

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States.

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose.

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PT
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone