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PYT/PYST

Paraguay Time

UTC−3

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9pm

PYST is not used on this date.

This converter uses PYT (UTC−3), as in Asuncion.

CEST/CET

Central European Summer Time

UTC+2

5h ahead

12am

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9am

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9pm

Central Europe is on summer time: CEST (UTC+2) until Sun, Oct 25.

Use CET all year (UTC+1)

Quick answers

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9:00 am09:00 PYT (UTC-3), Oct 18, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 18, 2026

PYT is 5 hours behind CEST.

PYST and CET examples

These examples always use PYST (UTC-3) 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.

PYST is 4 hours behind CET.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PYT is 5 hours behind CEST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, PYT is 4 hours behind CET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PYT correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PYT correspond to 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PYT correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PYT correspond to 13:00 to 22:00 in CET.

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

Time Difference

Paraguay Time is 5 hours behind Central European Summer Time.
9:00 am09:00 in PYT is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST

PYT to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in PYT which corresponds to 2pm-6pm14:00-18:00 in CEST

9:00 am09:00 Paraguay Time (PYT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

9:00 am09:00 PYT / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST

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Paraguay Summer Time

Offset: PYST is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

PYST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data

-03 - basic short
-0300 - basic
-03:00 - extended

Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers

-0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.

Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others

Papa - Military abbreviation for PYST
P - short form of 'Papa'

Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:

ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
AMST - Amazon Summer Time
ART - Argentina Time
BRT - Brasilia Time
CLST - Chile Summer Time
FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
FKT - Falkland Islands Time
GFT - French Guiana Time
P - Papa Time Zone
PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
PYT - Paraguay Time
SRT - Suriname Time
UYT - Uruguay Time

Central European Time

Offset: CET 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 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

Map of the areas on Central European Time (CET) — CET all year CET part of the year
Today the lighter areas are on UTC+2 (CEST).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

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.

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CET representations, usage and related time zones