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CEST/CET

Central European Summer Time

UTC+2

12am

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6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

9pm

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

Use CET all year (UTC+1)

NDT/NST

Newfoundland Daylight Time

UTC−2:30

4h 30m behind

12am

3am

6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

9pm

Newfoundland Time is on daylight saving time: NDT (UTC−2:30) until Sun, Nov 1.

Use NST all year (UTC−3:30)

Quick answers

Selected conversion

2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 18, 2026 = 9:30 am09:30 NDT (UTC-2:30), Oct 18, 2026

CEST is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of NDT.

CET and NST examples

These examples always use CET (UTC+1) and NST (UTC-3:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CET is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of NST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CEST is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of NDT. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, CET is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of NDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, CET is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of NST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 4:30 am to 1:30 pm in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 4:30 am to 1:30 pm in NST or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 5:30 am to 2:30 pm in NDT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 04:30 to 13:30 in NDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 04:30 to 13:30 in NST or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 05:30 to 14:30 in NDT.

Compare CET time with NST 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 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Newfoundland Daylight Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 9:30 am09:30 in NDT

CEST to NDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1:30pm-6pm13:30-18:00 in CEST which corresponds to 9am-1:30pm09:00-13:30 in NDT

2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
9:30 am09:30 Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT). Offset UTC -2:30 hours

2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 9:30 am09:30 NDT

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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.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CET 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 CET
A - short form of 'Alpha'

IANA/Olson: Reflects CET time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

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

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

Newfoundland Standard Time

Offset: NST is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NST time zone is St. John's in Canada, with about 110,525 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Clarenville.

French: HNT - Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve

Map of the areas on Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) — NST part of the year
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−2:30 (NDT).
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 Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT).

End: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Start: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See Canada daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

NST representations, usage and related time zones