CEST – Central European Summer Time. Time and Date AS 1995–2020 // Also known as: CEDT – Central European Daylight Time, ECST – European Central Summer Time. Central European Summer Time (CEST) is 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a Daylight Saving Time time zone and is used in: Europe, Antarctica. This time zone is often called Central European Summer Time.. ციტირების თარიღი: 3 მაისი 2020.