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European time zones:

CET - Central European Time

Time zone offset: UTC + 1 hour

CET is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

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

Time zone abbreviations: CET, MEZ

Full name is Central European Time
MEZ – Mitteleuropäische Zeit (German)

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).

For actual dates DST might be observed, look at the examples below
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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
Time zone maps are under development and will be available later

Example locations in CET

Other time zones in Europe

Go directly through the links below, or see the Europe time zone list
  • 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

More regions will be available later

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