Timezone abbreviation
CEST Timezone
Central European Summer Time is commonly shown as CEST and has an offset of UTC+02:00. CEST is daylight saving time for many Central European countries.
When to use it
CEST in real schedules
Use CEST for summer schedules in central Europe. For recurring calls, city-based conversion avoids transition-week mistakes.
Daylight saving
CEST is the daylight saving counterpart to CET.
Avoid abbreviation mistakes
Timezone abbreviations are compact, but they are not always unique and they do not always describe daylight saving behavior. For exact meetings, choose a city and date in the converter. That lets the timezone database apply the correct local rules instead of relying on a fixed abbreviation.
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