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What is CST (China) in CET?

Central European Time is 7 hours behind

China Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 and Central European Time is on UTC+1:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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CET — Central European Time

9:00 am

CET, Sat

Time in Beijing
4:30:15 PM
Time in Paris
9:30:15 AM
Difference
−7 h
Next clock change
March 28, 2027

When the difference changes

China Standard Time and Central European 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, 2027Central European Time is 7 hours behind
  2. March 28, 2027 – October 31, 2027Central European Time is 6 hours behind
  3. October 31, 2027 – onwardsCentral European Time is 7 hours behind

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

China Standard Time

No clock changes

China Standard Time stays on CST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

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.

CST (China) to CET conversion table

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

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm CST, which is 9:00 am to 11:00 am CET. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

A note on CST (China): it can also mean the abbreviation CST is shared with US Central Time and Cuba Standard Time.

China Standard Time (CST) is used in the whole of China, which runs on one offset from Kashgar to Shanghai

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

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