Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST) is the summer time used in countries and territories that normally use Central European Time. It uses the time offset UTC+2, meaning it is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
CEST is one hour ahead of Central European Time, which uses UTC+1. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time under Central European Summer Time is 14:00.
Use
[edit | edit source]Central European Summer Time is used in parts of Europe during the daylight saving time period. It is connected to countries that use Central European Time during the standard time period.
The offset is used so that clocks are set one hour forward during the warmer part of the year. This makes evening daylight last later according to local clock time.
Time offset
[edit | edit source]Central European Summer Time uses UTC+2. This gives it the same offset as several other time zones, but it is not the same legal time zone as all of them. The name refers specifically to the summer time used with Central European Time.
For example, 08:00 UTC is 10:00 under Central European Summer Time. 23:00 UTC is 01:00 on the next day under Central European Summer Time.
Relation to Central European Time
[edit | edit source]Central European Summer Time is the summer counterpart of Central European Time. Areas that use Central European Time normally move from UTC+1 to UTC+2 when daylight saving time begins.
When daylight saving time ends, those areas move back from Central European Summer Time to Central European Time.