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Convert CET to EST

Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam) is 6 hours ahead of US Eastern Time for most of the year: CET to EST in winter, CEST to EDT in summer. For a few weeks in March and around the end of October the gap is 5 hours, because the two regions change clocks on different dates.

Noon CET
12:00 PM CET = 6:00 AM EST
Other times of year: 7:00 AM EDT (31 Oct–1 Nov, 14 Mar–28 Mar).

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CET to EST, hour by hour

CET → EST, CEST → EDT: 1 Nov–14 Mar, 28 Mar–30 Oct · CET → EDT: 31 Oct–1 Nov, 14 Mar–28 Mar

CETCET → EST
CEST → EDT		CET → EDT
12:00 AM6:00 PM −1 day7:00 PM −1 day
1:00 AM7:00 PM −1 day8:00 PM −1 day
2:00 AM8:00 PM −1 day9:00 PM −1 day
3:00 AM9:00 PM −1 day10:00 PM −1 day
4:00 AM10:00 PM −1 day11:00 PM −1 day
5:00 AM11:00 PM −1 day12:00 AM
6:00 AM12:00 AM1:00 AM
7:00 AM1:00 AM2:00 AM
8:00 AM2:00 AM3:00 AM
9:00 AM3:00 AM4:00 AM
10:00 AM4:00 AM5:00 AM
11:00 AM5:00 AM6:00 AM
12:00 PM6:00 AM7:00 AM
1:00 PM7:00 AM8:00 AM
2:00 PM8:00 AM9:00 AM
3:00 PM9:00 AM10:00 AM
4:00 PM10:00 AM11:00 AM
5:00 PM11:00 AM12:00 PM
6:00 PM12:00 PM1:00 PM
7:00 PM1:00 PM2:00 PM
8:00 PM2:00 PM3:00 PM
9:00 PM3:00 PM4:00 PM
10:00 PM4:00 PM5:00 PM
11:00 PM5:00 PM6:00 PM

Daylight saving time: the next clock changes

  • Berlin: Sun, 28 Mar 2027: at 2:00 AM clocks go forward to 3:00 AM (CET → CEST, UTC+2)
  • New York: Sun, 1 Nov 2026: at 2:00 AM clocks go back to 1:00 AM (EDT → EST, UTC−5); Sun, 14 Mar 2027: at 2:00 AM clocks go forward to 3:00 AM (EST → EDT, UTC−4)

Good to know

  • In summer, a time written as “CET” almost always means CEST (UTC+2). The table handles both.
  • 3:00 PM in Berlin is 9:00 AM in New York most of the year: the first good hour for a transatlantic call.

Questions

How many hours is EST behind CET?

6 hours for most of the year (EST). 5 hours behind while it is EDT (31 Oct–1 Nov, 14 Mar–28 Mar).

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