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2:30 am02:30 MART (UTC-9:30), Oct 18, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 18, 2026

MART is 11 hours and 30 minutes behind CEST.

MART and CEST examples

These examples always use MART (UTC-9:30) and CEST (UTC+2). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

MART is 11 hours and 30 minutes behind CEST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, MART is 11 hours and 30 minutes behind CEST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, MART is 10 hours and 30 minutes behind CET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MART correspond to 8:30 pm to 5:30 am (next day) in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MART correspond to 7:30 pm to 4:30 am (next day) in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MART correspond to 20:30 to 05:30 (next day) in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MART correspond to 19:30 to 04:30 (next day) in CET.

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

Time Difference

Marquesas Time is 11 hours and 30 minutes behind Central European Summer Time.
2:30 am02:30 in MART is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST

MART to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in MART which corresponds to 7pm-8pm19:00-20:00 in CEST. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

2:30 am02:30 Marquesas Time (MART). Offset UTC -9:30 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

2:30 am02:30 MART / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST

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Marquesas Time

Offset: MART is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: French Polynesia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MART time zone is Atuona in French Polynesia, with about 1,762 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Taiohae.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Marquesas Time (MART) do not change for daylight saving time, so MART stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

MART representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -0930 - basic
  • -09:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0930 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours and thirty minutes to the west of the zero meridian.

Central European Summer Time

Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Albania, 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, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CEST time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Rome, Paris, Hamburg.

German: MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

Map of the areas on Central European Summer Time (CEST)
CEST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on CEST.

Daylight Saving: Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Central European Time (CET).

123456789101112Start: Central European Summer Time (CEST) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Central European Summer Time (CEST) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CEST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for CEST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CEST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Ceuta
  • 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 +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time