IANA Name: CET
Standard Offset: UTC +01:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC +02:00
DST Abbreviation: CEST
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
FAQ — CET
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
The current local time in CET is 10:13:13. CET is currently UTC+01:00. Compare with all major time zones.
CET is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.
Yes — CET observes DST. In standard time it is CET UTC+01:00; during DST it switches to CEST UTC+02:00. Exact transition dates follow the local government's DST rules and are baked into the IANA tz database.
Use the time zone converter to translate between CET and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.