Time in European Union now

02:11:18AM

Thursday, 12 February, 2026, week 7

European Union has 4 time zones. The time zone for the capital Brussels is used here.
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Time zone info for European Union

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
The time in European Union 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, the time in European Union can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for European Union is Europe/Brussels.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Sunrise: 08:00AM
Sunset: 05:53PM
Day length: 9h 53m
Solar noon: 12:57PM
The current local time in European Union is 57 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.