Convert Central European Time (CET/CEST) to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), with daylight saving applied for the exact date you pick.
Tue, Oct 27
Tue, Oct 27 Same day
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
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CET 9 to 5 UTC 9 to 5
UTC is 1 hour behind CET.
Shaded areas follow the official zone boundaries, so a country split across zones is split here too. Hover or tap a region for its local time.
Every hour of Tuesday, October 27, 2026, side by side. Days with a clock change show 23 or 25 rows.
Shaded rows fall inside working hours in both places.
| Berlin (CET) | Greenwich meridian (UTC) | Working hours |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 11:00 PM previous day | |
| 1:00 AM | 12:00 AM | |
| 2:00 AM | 1:00 AM | |
| 3:00 AM | 2:00 AM | |
| 4:00 AM | 3:00 AM | |
| 5:00 AM | 4:00 AM | |
| 6:00 AM | 5:00 AM | |
| 7:00 AM | 6:00 AM | |
| 8:00 AM | 7:00 AM | |
| 9:00 AM | 8:00 AM | |
| 10:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Both working |
| 11:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Both working |
| 12:00 PM | 11:00 AM | Both working |
| 1:00 PM | 12:00 PM | Both working |
| 2:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Both working |
| 3:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Both working |
| 4:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Both working |
| 5:00 PM | 4:00 PM | |
| 6:00 PM | 5:00 PM | |
| 7:00 PM | 6:00 PM | |
| 8:00 PM | 7:00 PM | |
| 9:00 PM | 8:00 PM | |
| 10:00 PM | 9:00 PM | |
| 11:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
Every hour of the Central European Time day, plus the common half hours, and their UTC equivalents. The second column covers the part of the year when the clocks are on a different gap.
| Central European Time | UTC 2 h behind, most of the year (210 days in 2026) | UTC 1 h behind, about 22 weeks in 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 10:00 PM (previous day) | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) | 12:00 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 12:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 1:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 2:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 3:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 4:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 5:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 7:00 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 9:30 AM | 7:30 AM | 8:30 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 8:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 10:30 AM | 8:30 AM | 9:30 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 11:30 AM | 9:30 AM | 10:30 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM |
| 12:30 PM | 10:30 AM | 11:30 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM |
| 1:30 PM | 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 2:30 PM | 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 3:30 PM | 1:30 PM | 2:30 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 4:30 PM | 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 5:30 PM | 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 7:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 8:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
Each row is a stretch of days with one constant difference, split at every clock change.
| Dates | CET | UTC | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Jan 1, 2026 until Sun, Mar 29, 2026 | CET | UTC | UTC 1 h behind |
| Sun, Mar 29, 2026 until Sun, Oct 25, 2026 | CEST | UTC | UTC 2 h behind |
| Sun, Oct 25, 2026 until Sun, Mar 28, 2027 | CET | UTC | UTC 1 h behind |
| Sun, Mar 28, 2027 until Sun, Oct 31, 2027 | CEST | UTC | UTC 2 h behind |
| Sun, Oct 31, 2027 until Sat, Jan 1, 2028 | CET | UTC | UTC 1 h behind |
Central European Time is UTC+1 in winter and Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2) from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
Coordinated Universal Time is the reference every time zone is measured from. It never changes for daylight saving time. Servers, aviation, logs and APIs use it because it is unambiguous.
UTC is 2 hours behind CEST for most of the year (210 days in 2026). The gap is 1 hour for about 22 weeks in 2026.
UTC is 2 hours behind CEST for most of the year (210 days in 2026). The gap is 1 hour for about 22 weeks in 2026. Type any CET time into the CET to UTC converter to see the UTC time for any date.
9:00 AM CEST is 7:00 AM UTC for most of the year (210 days in 2026). 9:00 AM CET is 8:00 AM UTC for about 22 weeks in 2026.
12:00 PM CEST is 10:00 AM UTC for most of the year (210 days in 2026). 12:00 PM CET is 11:00 AM UTC for about 22 weeks in 2026.
10:00 AM CEST is 8:00 AM UTC for most of the year (210 days in 2026). 10:00 AM CET is 9:00 AM UTC for about 22 weeks in 2026.
5:00 PM CEST is 3:00 PM UTC for most of the year (210 days in 2026). 5:00 PM CET is 4:00 PM UTC for about 22 weeks in 2026.
No, UTC is behind CET. UTC is 2 hours behind CEST for most of the year (210 days in 2026). The gap is 1 hour for about 22 weeks in 2026.
Working days of 9 AM to 5 PM overlap from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM CEST, which is 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM UTC while CEST and UTC apply.
Central European Time changes its clocks twice a year; Coordinated Universal Time does not. The next change is on Sunday, March 28, 2027 in Central European Time.