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CET
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6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
GMT +0
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
JST
Japan Standard Time
GMT +9
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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Berlin to GMT

For most of the year, Berlin is 2 hours ahead of GMT. At other times of the year, Berlin is 1 hour ahead of GMT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Berlin correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in GMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Berlin correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in GMT.

Berlin to JST

For most of the year, Berlin is 7 hours behind JST. At other times of the year, Berlin is 8 hours behind JST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Berlin correspond to 4:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in JST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Berlin correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in JST.

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

Time Difference

CET (Central European Time) is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and 8 hours behind Japan Standard Time
1:00 pm13:00 in Berlin, Germany is 12:00 pm12:00 in GMT and is 9:00 pm21:00 in JST

Berlin to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm in Berlin which corresponds to 9am-4pm in GMT
Berlin to JST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am in Berlin which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm in JST

1:00 pm13:00 CET (Central European Time) (Berlin, Germany). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Japan Standard Time (JST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours

1:00 pm13:00 Berlin, Germany / 12:00 pm12:00 GMT / 9:00 pm21:00 JST

Berlin, GermanyGMTJST
12am (midnight)11pm8am
1am12am (midnight)9am
2am1am10am
3am2am11am
4am3am12pm (noon)
5am4am1pm
6am5am2pm
7am6am3pm
8am7am4pm
9am8am5pm
10am9am6pm
11am10am7pm
12pm (noon)11am8pm
1pm12pm (noon)9pm
2pm1pm10pm
3pm2pm11pm
4pm3pm12am (midnight)
5pm4pm1am
6pm5pm2am
7pm6pm3am
8pm7pm4am
9pm8pm5am
10pm9pm6am
11pm10pm7am
00:0023:0008:00
01:0000:0009:00
02:0001:0010:00
03:0002:0011:00
04:0003:0012:00
05:0004:0013:00
06:0005:0014:00
07:0006:0015:00
08:0007:0016:00
09:0008:0017:00
10:0009:0018:00
11:0010:0019:00
12:0011:0020:00
13:0012:0021:00
14:0013:0022:00
15:0014:0023:00
16:0015:0000:00
17:0016:0001:00
18:0017:0002:00
19:0018:0003:00
20:0019:0004:00
21:0020:0005:00
22:0021:0006:00
23:0022:0007:00

Berlin Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
CEST - Central European Summer Time
CET - Central European Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+2:00 hours during Central European Summer Time, currently in use.
+1:00 hours during Central European Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Berlin Facts

Country
Germany
Alternative Names
BER, Beirlin, Beirlín, Berleno, Berlien, Berliin, Berliini, Berlijn, Berlim, Berlin, Berline, Berlini, Berlino, Berlyn, Berlynas, Berlëno, Berlín, Berlîn, Berlīne, Berolino, Berolinum, Birlinu, Bèrlîn, Estat de Berlin, Estat de Berlín, bai lin, barlina, beleullin, berlini, berurin, bexrlin, brlyn, perlin, Βερολίνο, Берлин, Берлін, Бэрлін, Բերլին, בערלין, ברלין, برلين, برلین, بېرلىن, ܒܪܠܝܢ, बर्लिन, বার্লিন, பெர்லின், เบอร์ลิน, ბერლინი, ベルリン, 柏林, 베를린
Population
3,426,354
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Geographic Coordinates
52° 31' N Latitude / 13° 24' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+49

Greenwich Mean Time

Offset: GMT is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Britain (UK), Guernsey, Ghana, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Dakar, Kumasi.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.

GMT Time Zone Geo Map
GMT timezone map

GMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects GMT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Abidjan
  • Africa/Accra
  • Africa/Bamako
  • Africa/Banjul
  • Africa/Bissau
  • Africa/Conakry
  • Africa/Dakar
  • Africa/Freetown
  • Africa/Lome
  • Africa/Monrovia
  • Africa/Nouakchott
  • Africa/Ouagadougou
  • Africa/Sao_Tome
  • Africa/Timbuktu
  • America/Danmarkshavn
  • Atlantic/Reykjavik
  • Atlantic/St_Helena
  • Eire
  • Etc/GMT
  • Etc/GMT+0
  • Etc/GMT-0
  • Etc/GMT0
  • Etc/Greenwich
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Dublin
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
  • GMT
  • GMT+0
  • GMT-0
  • GMT0
  • Greenwich
  • Iceland
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Japan Standard Time

Offset: JST is 9 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Japan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the JST time zone is Tokyo in Japan, with about 9.733 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Yokohama, Osaka shi, Nagoya shi, Sapporo.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Japan Standard Time (JST) do not change for daylight saving time, so JST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

JST Time Zone Geo Map
JST timezone map

JST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +09 - basic short
  • +0900 - basic
  • +09:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • India - Military abbreviation for JST
  • I - short form of 'India'
IANA/Olson: Reflects JST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Tokyo
  • Japan
Time zones with the GMT +9 offset:
  • AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
  • CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
  • I - India Time Zone
  • IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
  • JST - Japan Standard Time
  • KST - Korea Standard Time
  • PWT - Palau Time
  • TLT - East Timor Time
  • ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
  • WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
  • YAKT - Yakutsk Time