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Central European Summer Time – CESTTime Zone (Daylight Saving Time)

Also known as: CEDT – Central European Daylight Time, ECST – European Central Summer Time

Time zone map of CEST
Currently observing CEST.
Areas with same time currently (UTC +2).
Currently observing CEST – Central European Summer Time.
Currently has same time zone offset as CEST (UTC +2) but different time zone name.

Central European Summer Time (CEST) is 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a Daylight Saving Time time zone and is used in: Europe, Antarctica.

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Where and When is CEST Observed?

Europe

European countries using CEST in the summer and CET in the winter:

Antarctica

Locations in Antarctica using CEST in the winter and GMT in the summer:

Other Time Zones in UTC +2

Some time zones exist that have the same offset as CEST, but can be found under a different name: