CEST – Central European Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time)
Also known as: CEDT – Central European Daylight Time, ECST – European Central Summer Time
Areas with same time currently (UTC +2).
Currently has same time zone offset as CEST (UTC +2) but different time zone name.
Central European Summer Time (CEST) is 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a Daylight Saving Time time zone and is used in: Europe, Antarctica.
This time zone is often called Central European Summer Time.
Winter Time & DST
This time zone is a daylight saving/summer time zone, in the winter some places will switch to the corresponding standard time zone: CET (Central European Time).
Email Time Zone Indicator: +0200
An email sent from someone in the Central European Summer Time (CEST) time zone will have the time zone listed as "+0200" in the headers of the email. (However, "+0200" does not have to be in Central European Summer Time, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
Where and When is CEST Observed?
Europe
European countries using CEST in the summer and CET in the winter:
- Albania
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark (mainland)
- France
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Holy See/Vatican City
- Hungary
- Italy
- Kosovo
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia, Republic of
- Malta
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain - except Canary Islands, which are on WET/WEST
- Sweden
- Switzerland
Antarctica
Locations in Antarctica using CEST in the winter and GMT in the summer:
- Troll Station
Other Time Zones in UTC +2
Some time zones exist that have the same offset as CEST, but can be found under a different name:
CEST time now
10:22:54am
Thursday, August 15, 2019
- CEST will be observed in Troll Station until Oct 27, 2019 at 3:00 am
- CEST will be observed in Brussels until Oct 27, 2019 at 3:00 am
- UTC Offset: UTC +2
- 9 hours ahead of San Francisco
Find current time and time zone by city
Other names
MESZ – Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (German)
Example cities
Belgium – Brussels (Summer)
Antarctica – Troll Station (Winter)
Related time zones
CET – Central European Time (Standard Time)
Time Zone Map with DST
Time zones by continent/region
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Asia
- Atlantic
- Australia
- Caribbean
- Central America
- Europe
- Indian Ocean
- Military
- North America
- Pacific
- South America
See all Time zone abbreviations
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