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Central European Time now

01:52:18PM

Saturday, December 21, 2024

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Time zone: Central European Time

UTC +1

now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 30 March 2025: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Central European Time is normally 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, Central European Time can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Central European Time is CET.

Sunday October 27 2024

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time was set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday March 30 2025

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Central European Time

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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