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Central European Time now

12:45:13PM

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Central European Time switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
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now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Central European Time is normally 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, Central European Time can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Central European Time is CET.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts