# Eastern Time (EST) is 5 hours behind Central European Time (CET). The time right now Eastern Time 9:09 AM EDT Monday, October 26, 2026 Central European Time 2:09 PM CET Monday, October 26, 2026 To convert EST to CET, add 5 hours. To convert CET to EST, subtract 5 hours. Difference 5 hours Next change Nov 1, 2026 Work overlap 3 hours ## Change the date or the time to convert any moment from EST to CET. Date Time From time zoneEastern Time (ET)Central Time (CT)Mountain Time (MT)Arizona (Mountain, no daylight saving)Pacific Time (PT)Alaska Time (AKT)Hawaii Time (HT)Atlantic Time (AT)Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)London (UK)Dublin (Ireland)Paris, Berlin, Madrid (Central Europe)Athens (Eastern Europe)Lagos (Nigeria)Dubai (UAE)India (IST)Manila (Philippines)SingaporeTokyo (Japan)Sydney (Australia)Mexico CityToronto (Canada, Eastern)Bogotá (Colombia)São Paulo (Brazil) The zone the time above is in. Daylight saving is applied for the date you pick. Add a time zoneChoose a zone to addCentral Time (CT)Mountain Time (MT)Arizona (Mountain, no daylight saving)Pacific Time (PT)Alaska Time (AKT)Hawaii Time (HT)Atlantic Time (AT)Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)London (UK)Dublin (Ireland)Athens (Eastern Europe)Lagos (Nigeria)Dubai (UAE)India (IST)Manila (Philippines)SingaporeTokyo (Japan)Sydney (Australia)Mexico CityToronto (Canada, Eastern)Bogotá (Colombia)São Paulo (Brazil) Up to 12 zones. Remove one with the × beside it. New York · Eastern Time (ET) 9:00 AM EDT Monday, October 26, 2026 teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter The same moment on other clocks - Paris Berlin, Madrid (Central Europe) 2:00 PM UTC+1 In work hours × Copy resultsCopy link Working hours in common 3 hours inside 9 AM to 5 PM on every clock: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM New York time. Mon, Oct 26, 2026, midnight to midnight on New York time. Each bar shades 9 AM to 5 PM on that zone's own clock. 12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM New York (from) Paris Everyone at work See which of your own people may be leaving, before they hand in notice. [Start 30-Day Free Trial](https://app.teampredict.ai/signup) ## Here is every hour of the day in EST and the same moment in CET. The green rows are the hours when both zones are inside 9 AM to 5 PM. The row marked Now is the hour it is in Eastern Time right now. Each hour of the day in EST with the same moment in CET In EST In CET At work 12:00 AM 5:00 AM Neither at work 1:00 AM 6:00 AM Neither at work 2:00 AM 7:00 AM Neither at work 3:00 AM 8:00 AM Neither at work 4:00 AM 9:00 AM CET at work 5:00 AM 10:00 AM CET at work 6:00 AM 11:00 AM CET at work 7:00 AM 12:00 PM CET at work 8:00 AM 1:00 PM CET at work 9:00 AMNow 2:00 PM Both at work 10:00 AM 3:00 PM Both at work 11:00 AM 4:00 PM Both at work 12:00 PM 5:00 PM EST at work 1:00 PM 6:00 PM EST at work 2:00 PM 7:00 PM EST at work 3:00 PM 8:00 PM EST at work 4:00 PM 9:00 PM EST at work 5:00 PM 10:00 PM Neither at work 6:00 PM 11:00 PM Neither at work 7:00 PM 12:00 AM+1 day Neither at work 8:00 PM 1:00 AM+1 day Neither at work 9:00 PM 2:00 AM+1 day Neither at work 10:00 PM 3:00 AM+1 day Neither at work 11:00 PM 4:00 AM+1 day Neither at work ## A team split between ET and Central Europe is at work together for 3 hours a day. Taking 9 AM to 5 PM on each clock as the working day, both zones are at work from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST (2:00 PM to 5:00 PM CET). _Figure: A day on EST clocks with EST and CET working hours, 9 AM to 5 PM on each clock. They share 3 hours._ One day on EST clocks, with the same moments read on CET clocks underneath. A team spread across two time zones has fewer chances to notice someone drifting away. TeamPredict reads public LinkedIn signals to flag resignation risk early, wherever people work. ## The gap between EST and CET moves between 5 hours and 6 hours during the year. The United States and Europe change their clocks on different Sundays, so for a few weeks in spring and a week in autumn the gap is an hour different from the rest of the year. _Figure: The gap between EST and CET through 2026 and 2027, coloured by size: 5 hours, 6 hours._ Each bar is one calendar year, January on the left. Days are coloured by the gap between EST and CET. ### These are the clock changes of both zones in 2026 and 2027. Clock changes of Eastern Time and Central European Time in 2026 and 2027 Date What changes Gap after Sunday, March 8, 2026 - Eastern Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM EDT. 5 hours Sunday, March 29, 2026 - Central European Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM CEST. 6 hours Sunday, October 25, 2026 - Central European Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 3:00 AM, to 2:00 AM CET. 5 hours Sunday, November 1, 2026 - Eastern Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM EST. 6 hours Sunday, March 14, 2027 - Eastern Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM EDT. 5 hours Sunday, March 28, 2027 - Central European Time: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM CEST. 6 hours Sunday, October 31, 2027 - Central European Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 3:00 AM, to 2:00 AM CET. 5 hours Sunday, November 7, 2027 - Eastern Time: clocks go back 1 hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM EST. 6 hours ## EST stands for Eastern Time and CET for Central European Time on this page. Eastern Time is EST (UTC−5) in winter and EDT (UTC−4) in summer. People write EST all year, and this page does too; the clock reads EDT right now. It moves its clocks forward at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November. Central European Time is CET (UTC+1) in winter and CEST (UTC+2) in summer, and this page follows Paris, which shares its clock with Berlin, Madrid and Rome. The clock reads CET right now. Europe moves its clocks forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October. ## These nearby time zone pairs show the time right now too. - [CET to EST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/cet-to-est) - [EST to PST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-pst) - [EST to CST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-cst) - [EST to MST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-mst) - [EST to IST](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-ist) - [EST to GMT](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-gmt) - [EST to UTC](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter/est-to-utc) The [time zone converter](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-zone-converter) reads one moment on up to 12 clocks, the [military time converter](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/military-time-converter) turns 24-hour times into AM and PM, and the [time duration calculator](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/time-duration-calculator) measures the hours between two moments. ## Here are four questions about EST to CET, answered. What is 9 AM EST in CET? 9:00 AM EST is 2:00 PM CET, and 5:00 PM EST is 10:00 PM CET. From Sunday, November 1, 2026 the gap is 6 hours, so 9:00 AM EST is 3:00 PM CET. What is the time difference between EST and CET? Eastern Time (EST) is 5 hours behind Central European Time (CET). The gap between EST and CET moves between 5 hours and 6 hours during the year. The United States and Europe change their clocks on different Sundays, so for a few weeks in spring and a week in autumn the gap is an hour different from the rest of the year. After today, it becomes 6 hours on Sunday, November 1, 2026 and then 5 hours on Sunday, March 14, 2027. When do Europe and the United States change their clocks? Europe moves on these days. In 2026: Mar 29 and Oct 25. In 2027: Mar 28 and Oct 31. The United States moves on these. In 2026: Mar 8 and Nov 1. In 2027: Mar 14 and Nov 7. Because the dates differ, the gap is an hour different from the rest of the year for a few weeks in spring and again in autumn. What is a good time for a meeting between EST and CET? 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST (2:00 PM to 5:00 PM CET) is 3 hours when both sides are inside 9 AM to 5 PM, so a meeting there starts and ends in everyone's normal day. ## Turnover is cheaper to prevent than to calculate. TeamPredict flags resignation risk early from public LinkedIn signals, giving you lead time to retain your best people before they hand in notice. [Start 30-Day Free Trial](https://app.teampredict.ai/signup) No charge today · Cancel anytime