GMT to CET Converter

Time Difference

Greenwich Mean Time is 1 hours behind of Central European Time

So 12:42 PM 12:42 in GMT is 1:42 PM 13:42 in CET

12:42 PM 12:42 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

1:42 PM 13:42 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

12:42 PM 12:42 GMT / 1:42 PM 13:42 CET

Greenwich Mean Time

Offset: GMT is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries: It is used in following countries: Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Britain (UK), Guernsey, Ghana, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT timezone is London from United Kingdom with population about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in the area are Abidjan, Dakar, Grand Dakar, Accra

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.

GMT representations, usage and related time zones

• Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
• +00 - basic short
• +0000 - basic
• +00:00 - extended

• +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.

• Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
• Z - short form of 'Zulu'

• Africa/Abidjan
• Africa/Accra
• Africa/Bamako
• Africa/Banjul
• Africa/Bissau
• Africa/Conakry
• Africa/Dakar
• Africa/Freetown
• Africa/Lome
• Africa/Monrovia
• Africa/Nouakchott
• Africa/Ouagadougou
• Africa/Sao_Tome
• Africa/Timbuktu
• America/Danmarkshavn
• Atlantic/Reykjavik
• Atlantic/St_Helena
• Eire
• Europe/Belfast
• Europe/Dublin
• Europe/Guernsey
• Europe/Isle_of_Man
• Europe/Jersey
• Europe/London
• GB
• GB-Eire
• GMT
• Iceland

Time zones with the GMT 0:00 h offset:

• EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
• GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
• WET - Western European Time
• AZOST - Azores Summer Time
• UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
• WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
• Z - Zulu Time Zone
• +00 -

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

GMT to CET Converter

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This time zone converter lets you visually and very quickly convert GMT to CET and vice-versa. Simply mouse over the colored hour-tiles and glance at the hours selected by the column. and done!

GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time. CET is known as Central European Time. CET is 1 hours ahead of GMT. So, when it is it will be