Time in Europe:

light blue	Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
blue	Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
	Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time (UTC+1)
red	Central European Time (UTC+1)
	Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
yellow	Eastern European Time / Kaliningrad Time (UTC+2)
golden	Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
	Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)
light green	Further-eastern European Time / Moscow Time / Turkey Time (UTC+3)

Light colours indicate where standard time is observed all year; dark colours indicate where a summer time is observed.

Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometime referred also as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (UTC+1) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+2, which makes it the same as Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia.^[1]

Names[edit]

Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST)^[2], Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT)^[3], and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet)^[4]. It is also in practice called CET, for example in invitations to events during the summer.

Period of observation[edit]

Since 1996 European Summer Time has been observed between 1:00 UTC (2:00 CET and 3:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March and 1:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union.^[5]

Usage[edit]

The following countries and territories use Central European Summer Time.^[6]

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  Albania, regularly since 1974


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  Andorra, regularly since 1985


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  Austria, regularly since 1980


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  Belgium, regularly since 1980


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  Bosnia and Herzegovina, regularly since 1983


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  Croatia, regularly since 1983


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  Czech Republic, regularly since 1979


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  Denmark (metropolitan), regularly since 1980


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  France (metropolitan), regularly since 1976


• 
  Germany, regularly since 1980


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  Gibraltar, regularly since 1982


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  Hungary, regularly since 1983


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  Italy, regularly since 1968


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  Kosovo, regularly since 1983


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  Liechtenstein regularly since 1981


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  Luxembourg, regularly since 1981


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  Malta, regularly since 1974


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  Monaco, regularly since 1976


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  Montenegro, regularly since 1983


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  Netherlands, regularly since 1977


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  Norway, regularly since 1980


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  Poland, regularly since 1977


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  Republic of Macedonia, regularly since 1983


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  San Marino, regularly since 1966


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  Serbia, regularly since 1983


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  Slovakia regularly since 1979


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  Slovenia, regularly since 1983


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  Spain (except Canary Islands, which apply Western European Summer Time instead), regularly since 1974


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  Sweden, regularly since 1980


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  Switzerland, regularly since 1981


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  Vatican, regularly since 1966

CEST was used also in the years 1993–1995 in Portugal, 1998–1999 in Lithuania and 2005–2008 in Tunisia. In addition, Libya used CEST during the years 1951–1959, 1982–1989, 1996–1997 and 2012–2013.

See also[edit]

• European Summer Time


• Other countries and territories in UTC+2 time zone


• Other names of UTC+2 time zone

References[edit]