Timezone abbreviation
CET Timezone
Central European Time is commonly shown as CET and has an offset of UTC+01:00. CET is standard time for many Central European countries.
When to use it
CET in real schedules
Use CET for winter schedules in central Europe. Use city names such as Paris or Berlin for exact future meetings.
Daylight saving
Many CET locations move to CEST during daylight saving time.
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.
Example cities
ParisBerlinMadridAmsterdamRomeZurichViennaBrusselsStockholmOsloCopenhagenWarsawPragueBudapestTunisAlgiersBelgradeZagrebBratislavaTiranaSkopjeSarajevoLuxembourg CityVallettaFlorenceMilanNaplesTurinGenoaVenicePalermoBarcelonaSevilleValenciaBilbaoFrankfurtHamburgMunichCologneDüsseldorfStuttgartDortmundEssenLeipzigBremenNiceMarseilleLyonToulouseBordeauxStrasbourgNantesAntwerpGhentRotterdamThe HagueUtrechtEindhovenGdańskKrakówWrocławPoznańŁódź