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+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, 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 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union.^[5]

There are short term plans to abandon summer time in Europe.

Usage[edit]

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

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  Albania, since 1974


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  Andorra, since 1985


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  Austria, since 1980


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  Belgium, since 1980


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  Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 1983


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  Croatia, since 1983


• 
  Czech Republic, since 1979


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  Denmark (metropolitan), since 1980


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  France (metropolitan), since 1976


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  Germany, since 1980


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  Gibraltar, since 1982


• 
  Hungary, since 1983


• 
  Italy, since 1968


• 
  Kosovo, since 1983


• 
  Liechtenstein, since 1981


• 
  Luxembourg, since 1981


• 
  Malta, since 1974


• 
  Monaco, since 1976


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  Montenegro, since 1983


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  Netherlands, since 1977


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  North Macedonia, since 1983


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  Norway, since 1980


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  Poland, since 1977


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  San Marino, since 1966


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  Serbia, since 1983


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  Slovakia, since 1979


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  Slovenia, since 1983


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


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  Sweden, since 1980


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  Switzerland, since 1981


• 
  Vatican, since 1966

The following countries have also used Central European Summer Time in the past:

• 
  Libya, 1951–1959, 1982–1989, 1996–1997, 2012–2013


• 
  Lithuania, 1998–1999


• 
  Portugal, 1993–1995


• 
  Tunisia, 2005–2008

See also[edit]

• European Summer Time


• Time zone

References[edit]