European time zones:

CET – Central European Time

Time zone offset: UTC + 1 hour

Note that during summer daylight saving time/summer time is observed, and CEST is used instead.

Time zone abbreviations: CET, MEZ

Email time zone indicator: +0100

An email sent from someone in the CET time zone will have the time zone listed as "+0100" in the headers of the email. (However, "+0100" does not have to be in CET, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).

Where and when is CET observed?

CET is used during winter only in these European countries (CEST during summer)

• Albania
• Andorra
• Austria
• Belgium
• Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark (mainland)
• France
• Germany
• Gibraltar
• Holy See/Vatican City
• Hungary
• Italy
• Kosovo
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg
• Macedonia, Republic of
• Malta
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain - except Canary Islands, which are on WET/WEST
• Sweden
• Switzerland

Example locations in CET

• Berlin - during winter
• Paris - during winter

Other time zones in Europe

• GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
• BST - British Summer Time
• IST - Irish Summer Time
• WET - Western European Time
• WEST - Western European Summer Time
• CEST - Central European Summer Time
• EET - Eastern European Time
• EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
• MSK - Moscow Standard Time
• MSD - Moscow Daylight Time

Time zones in other regions

• North America
• Australia
• Military

Related links

• Time zone abbreviations world-wide
• The World Clock - Time Zones - current time around the world
• The World Clock - Time Zone Converter - Convert between time zones
• World Clock - Europe - current time in Europe