When it's 9:00 am in Berlin, it's 3:00 am in New York. Only 2 hours of your working days overlap, so the meeting slot is worth picking with care.
Convert Central European Summer Time (CEST) to Eastern Standard Time (EST) for any date and time.
Eastern Time is 6 hours behind Central European Time for most of the year.
Right now Central European Time is on CET (UTC+1) and Eastern Time is on EST (UTC−5). Eastern Time switches to daylight saving time on 14 March 2027.
9:00 am to 5:00 pm CET is 3:00 am to 11:00 am EST.
Central European TimeReference
Berlin, Paris, Rome, Madrid
Wed, Nov 4
Eastern Time
US & Canada
Tue, Nov 3Previous day
Best time to meet 3:00 PM–5:00 PM in Central European Time on Wed, Nov 4, when everyone is inside working hours.
Book a meeting in this windowWorking hours: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM, Monday to FridayEveryone at work
Every hour of the day in CET, converted to EST. Hatched cells are working hours (9:00 am to 5:00 pm); rows with the accent bar are working hours in both zones.
| CET | ESTUntil 14 March 2027; 28 March 2027 to 31 October 2027 | EDT14 March 2027 to 28 March 2027; From 31 October 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 am CET | 6:00 pm EST(day before) | 7:00 pm EDT(day before) |
| 1:00 am CET | 7:00 pm EST(day before) | 8:00 pm EDT(day before) |
| 2:00 am CET | 8:00 pm EST(day before) | 9:00 pm EDT(day before) |
| 3:00 am CET | 9:00 pm EST(day before) | 10:00 pm EDT(day before) |
| 4:00 am CET | 10:00 pm EST(day before) | 11:00 pm EDT(day before) |
| 5:00 am CET | 11:00 pm EST(day before) | 12:00 am EDT |
| 6:00 am CET | 12:00 am EST | 1:00 am EDT |
| 7:00 am CET | 1:00 am EST | 2:00 am EDT |
| 8:00 am CET | 2:00 am EST | 3:00 am EDT |
| 9:00 am CET | 3:00 am EST | 4:00 am EDT |
| 10:00 am CET | 4:00 am EST | 5:00 am EDT |
| 11:00 am CET | 5:00 am EST | 6:00 am EDT |
| 12:00 pm CET | 6:00 am EST | 7:00 am EDT |
| 1:00 pm CET | 7:00 am EST | 8:00 am EDT |
| 2:00 pm CET | 8:00 am EST | 9:00 am EDT |
| 3:00 pm CET | 9:00 am EST | 10:00 am EDT |
| 4:00 pm CET | 10:00 am EST | 11:00 am EDT |
| 5:00 pm CET | 11:00 am EST | 12:00 pm EDT |
| 6:00 pm CET | 12:00 pm EST | 1:00 pm EDT |
| 7:00 pm CET | 1:00 pm EST | 2:00 pm EDT |
| 8:00 pm CET | 2:00 pm EST | 3:00 pm EDT |
| 9:00 pm CET | 3:00 pm EST | 4:00 pm EDT |
| 10:00 pm CET | 4:00 pm EST | 5:00 pm EDT |
| 11:00 pm CET | 5:00 pm EST | 6:00 pm EDT |
Your working hours overlap for 2 hours, from 3:00 pm CET (9:00 am EST) to 5:00 pm CET (11:00 am EST). That's the best window for a meeting.
Central European Summer Time is UTC+2.
Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and the rest of Central Europe, from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
CEST isn't in use at the moment: Central European Time is on CET (UTC+1) until 28 March 2027. The times on this page follow the clocks, so they show CET.
Eastern Standard Time is UTC−5.
New York, Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Ohio, Michigan and the rest of the East Coast, plus Ontario and Quebec in Canada. Panama, Jamaica and Cancún stay on EST all year. ET is the short form for the whole zone.