Central European Time

noun

1. CET. the standard time adopted by Western European countries one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, corresponding to British Summer Time

Example Sentences

Budapest is on Central European Time, one hour ahead of the UK, and temperatures of 30C are expected during the championships.

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This difference of an hour can, of course, be explained by the difference between Central European time and British time, but it does not alter the curious fact that “officially” the war ended for Germany at 11 pm on Tuesday, May 8, and for us at one minute after midnight on the morning of Wednesday, May 9.

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Even the hour of our departure - midnight Central European Time - is set by others.

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The UK is now a “third country” to the EU after it formally withdrew at midnight central European time on Friday.

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A few hours later on Friday, at the stroke of midnight Central European time, Britain’s membership of the EU will come to an end.

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