4:00 pm UTC to CET — 5:00 pm CET
4:00 pm Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is 5:00 pm Central European Time (CET) while both regions are on standard time. During the daylight saving period the answer becomes 6:00 pm, because one of the two zones shifts its clocks and the other does not.
Standard time
5:00 pmApplies while neither zone is on daylight saving — broadly November to March in the northern hemisphere.
Daylight saving
6:00 pmApplies while the clocks are forward. This pair does not keep a constant gap, so check the date.
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UTC to CET — every hour
Both columns are computed from the IANA database, so they follow the real transition dates.
| UTC | CET — standard | CET — daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 am | 1:00 am | 2:00 am |
| 1:00 am | 2:00 am | 3:00 am |
| 2:00 am | 3:00 am | 4:00 am |
| 3:00 am | 4:00 am | 5:00 am |
| 4:00 am | 5:00 am | 6:00 am |
| 5:00 am | 6:00 am | 7:00 am |
| 6:00 am | 7:00 am | 8:00 am |
| 7:00 am | 8:00 am | 9:00 am |
| 8:00 am | 9:00 am | 10:00 am |
| 9:00 am | 10:00 am | 11:00 am |
| 10:00 am | 11:00 am | 12:00 pm |
| 11:00 am | 12:00 pm | 1:00 pm |
| 12:00 pm | 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm |
| 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm | 3:00 pm |
| 2:00 pm | 3:00 pm | 4:00 pm |
| 3:00 pm | 4:00 pm | 5:00 pm |
| 4:00 pm | 5:00 pm | 6:00 pm |
| 5:00 pm | 6:00 pm | 7:00 pm |
| 6:00 pm | 7:00 pm | 8:00 pm |
| 7:00 pm | 8:00 pm | 9:00 pm |
| 8:00 pm | 9:00 pm | 10:00 pm |
| 9:00 pm | 10:00 pm | 11:00 pm |
| 10:00 pm | 11:00 pm | 12:00 am (next day) |
| 11:00 pm | 12:00 am (next day) | 1:00 am (next day) |
Questions people ask
5:00 pm CET during standard time, and 6:00 pm while daylight saving is in effect. Check which period the date falls in before you commit to a slot.
Because only one of the two zones shifts its clocks. For a few weeks each spring and autumn the usual gap is an hour different, which is exactly when recurring meetings start landing at the wrong time.
Send a calendar invitation rather than a clock time in an email. Calendar software stores the underlying instant and re-renders it for each attendee, so a shifted offset is handled automatically.
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