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What is CET in AEST?

Australian Eastern Time is 10 hours ahead

Central European Time is on UTC+1:00 and Australian Eastern Time is on UTC+11:00 right now. Australian Eastern Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read AEDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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AEDT — Australian Eastern Time

7:00 pm

AEDT, Sat

Time in Paris
9:29:33 AM
Time in Sydney
7:29:33 PM
Difference
+10 h
Next clock change
March 28, 2027

When the difference changes

Central European Time and Australian Eastern Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

  1. Now – March 28, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 10 hours ahead
  2. March 28, 2027 – April 3, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 9 hours ahead
  3. April 3, 2027 – October 2, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 8 hours ahead
  4. October 2, 2027 – October 31, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 9 hours ahead
  5. October 31, 2027 – onwardsAustralian Eastern Time is 10 hours ahead

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Central European Time

Sunday, March 28, 2027

Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on CEST after that.

Australian Eastern Time

Sunday, April 4, 2027

Clocks go back one hour — 3:00 am becomes 2:00 am local time, and the zone is on AEST after that.

CET to AEST conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Central European Time to Australian Eastern Time. 10 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Sydney, which is marked.

12:00 am CET
10:00 am AEDT
1:00 am CET
11:00 am AEDT
2:00 am CET
12:00 pm AEDT
3:00 am CET
1:00 pm AEDT
4:00 am CET
2:00 pm AEDT
5:00 am CET
3:00 pm AEDT
6:00 am CET
4:00 pm AEDT
7:00 am CET
5:00 pm AEDT
8:00 am CET
6:00 pm AEDT
9:00 am CET
7:00 pm AEDT
10:00 am CET
8:00 pm AEDT
11:00 am CET
9:00 pm AEDT
12:00 pm CET
10:00 pm AEDT
1:00 pm CET
11:00 pm AEDT
2:00 pm CET
12:00 am AEDT+1 day
3:00 pm CET
1:00 am AEDT+1 day
4:00 pm CET
2:00 am AEDT+1 day
5:00 pm CET
3:00 am AEDT+1 day
6:00 pm CET
4:00 am AEDT+1 day
7:00 pm CET
5:00 am AEDT+1 day
8:00 pm CET
6:00 am AEDT+1 day
9:00 pm CET
7:00 am AEDT+1 day
10:00 pm CET
8:00 am AEDT+1 day
11:00 pm CET
9:00 am AEDT+1 day

Scheduling between the two

There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Paris and one in Sydney — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Paris is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Sydney.

Central European Time (CET) is used in Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Stockholm

Australian Eastern Time (AEDT) is used in Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. Queensland stays on AEST all year while the southern states move to AEDT.

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