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

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12:00 am00:00 M (UTC+12), Oct 19, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 18, 2026

M is 10 hours ahead of CEST.

M and CET examples

These examples always use M (UTC+12) 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.

M is 11 hours ahead of CET.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, M is 10 hours ahead of CEST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, M is 11 hours ahead of CET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in M correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 8:00 am in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in M correspond to 10:00 pm (previous day) to 7:00 am in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in M correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 08:00 in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in M correspond to 22:00 (previous day) to 07:00 in CET.

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

Time Difference

Mike Time Zone is 10 hours ahead of Central European Summer Time.
12:00 am00:00 in M is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST

M to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in M which corresponds to 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in CEST. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

12:00 am00:00 Mike Time Zone (M). Offset UTC +12:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

12:00 am00:00 M / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST

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Mike Time Zone

Offset: M is 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Russia, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Wallis and Futuna

Principal Cities: The largest city in the M time zone is Auckland in New Zealand, with about 1.547 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Daylight Saving: Some places on Mike Time Zone (M) keep the same time all year, while others use M for only part of the year and change their clocks for daylight saving time; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

Map of the areas on Mike Time Zone (M)
M all year M part of the year

Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC+13 (NZDT).

M representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +12 - basic short
  • +1200 - basic
  • +12:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (12) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of twelve hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Mike - Military abbreviation for M
  • M - short form of 'Mike'
Time zones with the GMT +12 offset:
  • ANAST - Anadyr Summer Time
  • ANAT - Anadyr Time
  • FJT - Fiji Time
  • GILT - Gilbert Island Time
  • M - Mike Time Zone
  • MAGST - Magadan Summer Time
  • MHT - Marshall Islands Time
  • NRT - Nauru Time
  • NZST - New Zealand Standard Time
  • PETT - Kamchatka Time
  • PETST - Kamchatka Summer Time
  • TVT - Tuvalu Time
  • WFT - Wallis and Futuna 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)
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Today the lighter areas are on UTC+2 (CEST).

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).

123456789101112End: 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.

123456789101112Start: 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