PDT to CET Converter
Central Europe is on summer time: CEST (UTC+2) until Sun, Oct 25.
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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 11, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 11, 2026
PDT is 9 hours behind CEST.
PDT and CET examples
These examples always use PDT (UTC-7) and CET (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
PDT is 8 hours behind CET.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PDT is 9 hours behind CEST. At other times of the year, PST is 9 hours behind CET or PDT is 8 hours behind CET.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in CET or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 18:00 to 02:00 (next day) in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 18:00 to 02:00 (next day) in CET or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 17:00 to 01:00 (next day) in CET.
Compare PDT time with CET time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Daylight Time is 9 hours behind Central European Summer Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST
PDT to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in PDT which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in CEST
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST
| PDT | CEST |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 9:00am |
| 1:00am | 10:00am |
| 2:00am | 11:00am |
| 3:00am | 12:00pm |
| 4:00am | 1:00pm |
| 5:00am | 2:00pm |
| 6:00am | 3:00pm |
| 7:00am | 4:00pm |
| 8:00am | 5:00pm |
| 9:00am | 6:00pm |
| 10:00am | 7:00pm |
| 11:00am | 8:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 12:00am |
| 4:00pm | 1:00am |
| 5:00pm | 2:00am |
| 6:00pm | 3:00am |
| 7:00pm | 4:00am |
| 8:00pm | 5:00am |
| 9:00pm | 6:00am |
| 10:00pm | 7:00am |
| 11:00pm | 8:00am |
| 00:00 | 09:00 |
| 01:00 | 10:00 |
| 02:00 | 11:00 |
| 03:00 | 12:00 |
| 04:00 | 13:00 |
| 05:00 | 14:00 |
| 06:00 | 15:00 |
| 07:00 | 16:00 |
| 08:00 | 17:00 |
| 09:00 | 18:00 |
| 10:00 | 19:00 |
| 11:00 | 20:00 |
| 12:00 | 21:00 |
| 13:00 | 22:00 |
| 14:00 | 23:00 |
| 15:00 | 00:00 |
| 16:00 | 01:00 |
| 17:00 | 02:00 |
| 18:00 | 03:00 |
| 19:00 | 04:00 |
| 20:00 | 05:00 |
| 21:00 | 06:00 |
| 22:00 | 07:00 |
| 23:00 | 08:00 |
Pacific Daylight Time
Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.
French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste
Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).
Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) 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: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) 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.
PDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -07 - basic short
- -0700 - basic
- -07:00 - extended
- -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
- T - short form of 'Tango'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- YST - Yukon Standard Time
- T - Tango Time Zone
Central European Time
Offset: CET is 1 hour 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, 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 CET time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.
German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
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: Central European Time (CET) 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: Central European Time (CET) 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.
CET 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 CET
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Africa/Algiers
- Africa/Ceuta
- Africa/Tunis
- 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
- 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