What time is it in CET?
Current time in CET
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Europe/Paris · UTC+1
CET stands for Central European Time, an offset of UTC+1, used across most of western and central Europe. But the region also shifts for summer: Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2) applies from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, so a clock casually labelled “CET” in July is really showing CEST. The live clock above follows the Europe/Paris zone and shows whichever offset is in force. CET stretches from Spain to Poland, putting a quarter of the EU's landmass on one wall clock.
Convert a specific timestamp
Detected: ISO 8601 (UTC)
Your timezone
UTC · GMT+00:00 · UTC
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 11:10:52 AM
Common formats
UTC
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 11:10:52 AM
ISO 8601
2026-06-01T11:10:52.000Z
Unix (seconds)
1780312252
Unix (millis)
1780312252000
Relative
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World clock
Los Angeles PDT
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 04:10:52 AM
GMT-07:00
Chicago CDT
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 06:10:52 AM
GMT-05:00
New York EDT
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 07:10:52 AM
GMT-04:00
London BST
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 12:10:52 PM
GMT+01:00
Paris CEST
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 01:10:52 PM
GMT+02:00
Kolkata IST
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 04:40:52 PM
GMT+05:30
Shanghai CST
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 07:10:52 PM
GMT+08:00
Tokyo JST
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 08:10:52 PM
GMT+09:00
Sydney AEST
Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 09:10:52 PM
GMT+10:00
Time zone facts
- Standard time
- Central European Time (CET), UTC+1
- Summer time
- Central European Summer Time (CEST), UTC+2
- Daylight saving
- Observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October
- IANA timezone
- Europe/Paris
Common questions
- What time is it in CET right now?
- The clock at the top of this page shows the current time in CET, updated every second, with today's date and the day of the week beneath it. It reads your device's clock and converts it using the Europe/Paris rules, so it stays correct across daylight-saving changes.
- What UTC offset is CET?
- CET is UTC+1; its summer counterpart CEST is UTC+2, in force from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. Outside that window the offset is UTC+1.
- Does CET observe daylight saving time?
- CET is the winter half of the arrangement, but the region it refers to does change its clocks. They go forward an hour for Central European Summer Time, which runs from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, and back again at the end of it.
- What does CET stand for?
- Central European Time. In everyday use people write “CET” to mean the local time of most of western and central Europe, which is actually CEST for a good part of the year. The clock above resolves that for you.