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

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

No locations currently on CEST. Would you like to see CET?

Europe: CEST is currently not observed because locations are on standard time and are observing CET.

Time zone map of CEST
No locations currently on CEST.
Observes CEST part of the year.
Areas with same time currently (UTC +2).
No locations are currently on CEST – Central European Summer Time.
Observes CEST – Central European Summer Time part of the year, but not currently.
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:

This time zone is in use, but not observed in any location at this time.

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: