See the live UTC time next to the current time in France, check today's real offset, and roll through any UTC time to find the matching CET/CEST time — including when the two zones fall on different dates.
Central European Time
Coordinated Universal Time
United Kingdom Time
THE CLOCKS ABOVE ALWAYS SHOW THE LIVE CURRENT TIME. THE ROLLER BELOW IS A LOOKUP TOOL — ROTATING IT NEVER CHANGES THEM.
CET/CEST is 1 hour ahead of UTC
GMT/BST is 1 hour ahead of UTC
France has the same time as United Kingdom
| UTC | CET/CEST | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 02:00 | Same day |
| 01:00 | 03:00 | Same day |
| 02:00 | 04:00 | Same day |
| 03:00 | 05:00 | Same day |
| 04:00 | 06:00 | Same day |
| 05:00 | 07:00 | Same day |
| 06:00 | 08:00 | Same day |
| 07:00 | 09:00 | Same day |
| 08:00 | 10:00 | Same day |
| 09:00 | 11:00 | Same day |
| 10:00 | 12:00 | Same day |
| 11:00 | 13:00 | Same day |
| 12:00 | 14:00 | Same day |
| 13:00 | 15:00 | Same day |
| 14:00 | 16:00 | Same day |
| 15:00 | 17:00 | Same day |
| 16:00 | 18:00 | Same day |
| 17:00 | 19:00 | Same day |
| 18:00 | 20:00 | Same day |
| 19:00 | 21:00 | Same day |
| 20:00 | 22:00 | Same day |
| 21:00 | 23:00 | Same day |
| 22:00 | 00:00 | Next day in France |
| 23:00 | 01:00 | Next day in France |
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world's time standard: it never shifts for seasons and every other zone is described as an offset from it. Central European Time (CET/CEST) is the clock used in France. Converting UTC to CET/CEST means adding that offset to the UTC reading.
France shares Central European Time with most of the EU, making cross-border meetings simple.
Take the UTC time, apply the current CET/CEST offset shown in the live panel above, and roll the date forward or back if the result crosses midnight. The interactive roller does all three steps for you: the left drum is UTC, the right drum is CET/CEST, and a day badge appears whenever the local date differs.
Because CET/CEST observes daylight saving time, the gap to UTC is not fixed — every clock and table on this page is calculated live from the Europe/Paris IANA database, so today's real offset is always what you see.
The reference table below the tool lists every UTC half hour against the matching CET/CEST time for today, so you can copy a conversion without touching the roller.
France switches between CET (UTC +01:00) and CEST (UTC +02:00) on the EU schedule, late March to late October.