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What is GST in CET?

Central European Time is 2 hours behind

Gulf Standard Time is on UTC+4:00 and Central European Time is on UTC+2:00 right now. Central European Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read CEST. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Dubai
6:56 am
Time in Paris
4:56 am
Difference
−2 h
Next clock change
October 25, 2026

Convert a time

CESTCentral European Time

4:00 am

Wed

When the difference changes

Gulf 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. NowOctober 25, 2026Central European Time is 2 hours behind
  2. October 25, 2026March 28, 2027Central European Time is 3 hours behind
  3. March 28, 2027onwardsCentral European Time is 2 hours behind

Periods shorter than a day are not listed: both zones change at 2am in their own local time, so there are a few hours on each transition date when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Gulf Standard Time

No clock changes

Gulf Standard Time stays on GST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

Central European Time

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CET.

GST to CET conversion table

Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Gulf Standard Time to Central European Time. 2 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Paris, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

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

Gulf Standard Time (GST) is used in the UAE and Oman

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

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