CET to EST

About CET to EST

This page converts Central European Time (CET) to Eastern Time (ET). Pick a date and time, and the answer appears at once. Below it, a table shows every hour of that day.

ET is 6 hours behind CET for most of the year (5 hours for a few weeks in March and October). For example, 9:00 AM CET is 3:00 AM EST.

CET is the time in Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Brussels, Vienna and Warsaw. ET is the time in New York, Washington DC, Miami, Atlanta, Boston and Toronto.

The converter uses your browser's own time zone data, so daylight saving is handled for you — always right for the date you pick, in the past or the future.

Features

• One big answer — "9:00 AM CET → 3:00 AM EST" style, with "next day" when the date changes
• Any date and time — the right offset for that day, summer or winter
• Every hour of the day — a live table for the date you pick, your hour highlighted
• Swap — one tap turns it into EST to CET
• Add more zones — compare London, Tokyo or any other city at the same time
• Now — starts from the current time in CET

CET to EST time table

The difference is the same all year, so this table is always right.

Common times

• 9:00 AM CET is 3:00 AM EST
• 12:00 PM CET is 6:00 AM EST
• 5:00 PM CET is 11:00 AM EST
• 8:00 PM CET is 2:00 PM EST

Daylight saving time

Central European Time is CET (UTC+1) in winter and CEST (UTC+2) in summer. Europe changes on the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of October: March 29, 2026 to October 25, 2026, and March 28, 2027 to October 31, 2027.

Eastern Time uses EST (UTC−5) in winter and EDT (UTC−4) in summer. The US clocks go forward on the second Sunday of March and back on the first Sunday of November: March 8, 2026 to November 1, 2026, and March 14, 2027 to November 7, 2027.

The US and Europe do not change on the same days. For about three weeks in March and one week around the end of October the difference is 5 hours instead of 6 hours. In 2026 that is March 8–28 and October 25–31. The live converter above always uses the right one for the date you pick.

Good to know

• EST or ET? Strictly, EST is only the winter time of the US East Coast; in summer it is EDT. Many people say "EST" all year when they mean "East Coast time". This page uses the real clock time for the date you pick, so the answer is right either way.
• Planning a meeting? Pick the date and time, then add the other cities of the people you meet with. Everyone's time shows in one list.
• The answer comes from your device's time zone data. Nothing is sent anywhere.

How to use it

• The time is set to now in CET — change the date and time to the one you need
• Read the answer in the big box: the time in ET
• Look at the table for every hour of that day
• Press Swap to convert EST to CET instead
• Add more time zones from the list to compare other cities

Frequently asked questions

How many hours between CET and EST?

ET is 6 hours behind CET for most of the year (5 hours for a few weeks in March and October).

What is 9:00 AM CET in EST?

9:00 AM CET is 3:00 AM EST.

Does daylight saving change CET to EST?

Mostly no — both sides change their clocks, so the usual difference stays the same. But the US and Europe change on different weekends, so for a few weeks in March and October the difference is one hour less. The converter shows the right time for the date you pick.

CET or CEST?

CET (UTC+1) is the winter time and CEST (UTC+2) the summer time. Many people say CET all year. The converter uses the right one for the date you pick.

Related tools

• Time Zone Converter — any time zone to many others at once
• World Clock — the time now in cities around the world
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• PST to EST — Pacific Time to Eastern Time
• UTC to EST — Coordinated Universal Time to Eastern Time
• EST to UTC — Eastern Time to Coordinated Universal Time
• GMT to EST — Greenwich Mean Time to Eastern Time