CET to CAT Converter

Time Difference

Central European Time is 1 hours behind of Central Africa Time

So 2:37 AM 02:37 in CET is 3:37 AM 03:37 in CAT

2:37 AM 02:37 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

3:37 AM 03:37 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

2:37 AM 02:37 CET / 3:37 AM 03:37 CAT

Central European Time

Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries: It is used in following countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Tunisia, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET timezone is Berlin from Germany with population about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in the area are Madrid, Rome, Paris, Algiers

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Start: CET started and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, October 29, 2017, at 3:00 (3:00 am) local time.

End: CET ends and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, March 25, 2018, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit

CET representations, usage and related time zones

• +01 - basic short
• +0100 - basic
• +01:00 - extended

• +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.

• Alpha - Military abbreviation for CET
• A - short form of 'Alpha'

• Africa/Algiers
• Africa/Ceuta
• Africa/Tunis
• Arctic/Longyearbyen
• Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
• CET
• Europe/Amsterdam
• Europe/Andorra
• Europe/Belgrade
• Europe/Berlin
• Europe/Bratislava
• Europe/Brussels
• Europe/Budapest
• Europe/Busingen
• Europe/Copenhagen
• Europe/Gibraltar
• Europe/Ljubljana
• Europe/Luxembourg
• Europe/Madrid
• Europe/Malta
• Europe/Monaco
• Europe/Oslo
• Europe/Paris
• Europe/Podgorica
• Europe/Prague
• Europe/Rome
• Europe/San_Marino
• Europe/Sarajevo
• Europe/Skopje
• Europe/Stockholm
• Europe/Tirane
• Europe/Vaduz
• Europe/Vatican
• Europe/Vienna
• Europe/Warsaw
• Europe/Zagreb
• Europe/Zurich
• Poland

Time zones with the GMT +1:00 h offset:

• BST - British Summer Time
• CET - Central European Time
• IST - Irish Standard Time
• WEST - Western European Summer Time
• A - Alpha Time Zone
• CET - Central European Time
• MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
• WAT - West Africa Time
• WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
• BMT - Biel Mean Time

Central Africa Time

Offset: CAT is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries: It is used in following countries: Burundi, Botswana, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT timezone is Khartoum from Sudan with population about 1.975 million people. Other major cities in the area are Harare, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Omdurman

Daylight Saving: This is a standard timezone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe West Africa Summer Time (WAST).

Start: CAT started and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, September 3, 2017, at 4:00 (4:00 am) local time.

End: CAT ends and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, September 14, 31197, at 2:48 (2:48 am) local time.

CAT representations, usage and related time zones

• +02 - basic short
• +0200 - basic
• +02:00 - extended

• +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates two hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.

• Bravo - Military abbreviation for CAT
• B - short form of 'Bravo'

• Africa/Blantyre
• Africa/Bujumbura
• Africa/Gaborone
• Africa/Harare
• Africa/Kigali
• Africa/Lubumbashi
• Africa/Lusaka
• Africa/Maputo

Time zones with the GMT +2:00 h offset:

• CEST - Central European Summer Time
• EET - Eastern European Time
• MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
• B - Bravo Time Zone
• CAT - Central Africa Time
• IST - Israel Standard Time
• SAST - South Africa Standard Time
• WAST - West Africa Summer Time