EDT to CET Converter - Savvy Time (2024)

FAQs

What is the time difference between EDT and CET? ›

What is the difference between EDT and CET time zones? The Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is 6 hours behind of Central European Time (CET).

What is the difference between CET and EST time zones? The Central European Time (CET) is 6 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST).

The Eastern Standard Time (EST) is 6 hours behind of Central European Time (CET).

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a North American time zone in use from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November during Daylight Saving Time (DST). Eastern Standard Time (EST) is used during the remainder of the year.

As of 2023, all member states of the European Union observe summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer.

Central European Time (CET) This is the Central European standard time, which covers numerous countries from western Spain to the eastern Poland. A total of 33 countries are located in this time zone.

In the United States and Canada, this time zone is often just called Central Time (CT). The zone is one hour ahead of the Mountain Time Zone and one hour behind the Eastern Time Zone.

Eastern Time Zone

Eastern Time Zone / Full name

Choosing Time Zone

Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) is similar to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) but, unlike the latter, does not adjust to account for Daylight Savings Time. You can figure out which time zone you're in by searching Time Zone Map or Time Zone [CITY] UTC.

Central European Time (CET) is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is in use during standard time in: Europe, Africa.

How many time zones are there in the USA? ›

Currently the United States and its territories have 9 time zone boundaries: Atlantic, Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska, Hawaii–Aleutian, Samoa, and Chamorro.

The time zone in Germany is Central European Time (Mitteleuropäische Zeit, MEZ; UTC+01:00) and Central European Summer Time (Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit, MESZ; UTC+02:00). Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST).

This means that EDT is ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST) by one hour. So, if you want to convert EDT to Central Daylight Time (CDT), you subtract one hour. For Mountain Daylight Time (MDT), subtract two hours, and for Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), subtract three hours.

Nepal and a part of Russia are officially 12 hours ahead of you. Parts of China would be too, but the government has the whole country following Beijing time. That means that those in the west start at times that would be considered afternoon in Beijing, but are actually morning there.

On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT leaving a one-hour gap. On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, which results in one hour being duplicated.