CEST – Central European Summer Time
CEST is UTC+2.
Central European Summer Time is used in most of Europe in summer, from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
CEST is the daylight saving version of CET (Central European Time, UTC+1). Clocks move forward one hour to CEST in spring and back to CET in autumn.
Convert CEST to other time zones
When it's 12:00 PM CEST:
| Zone | Difference | Time |
|---|---|---|
| UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) | −2 h | 10:00 AM |
| EST (Eastern Standard Time) | −7 h | 5:00 AM |
| CST (Central Standard Time) | −8 h | 4:00 AM |
| PST (Pacific Standard Time) | −10 h | 2:00 AM |
| GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) | −2 h | 10:00 AM |
| CET (Central European Time) | −1 h | 11:00 AM |
| IST (India Standard Time) | +3.5 h | 3:30 PM |
| CST (China Standard Time) | +6 h | 6:00 PM |
| JST (Japan Standard Time) | +7 h | 7:00 PM |
| AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) | +8 h | 8:00 PM |
To convert a specific time and date, with daylight saving applied, use the time zone converter.