Central European Summer Time
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| blue | Western European Time (UTC+0) Western European Summer Time (UTC+1) |
| red | Central European Time (UTC+1) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) |
| yellow | Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) |
| green | Moscow Time (UTC+3) Moscow Summer Time (UTC+4) |
Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European and some North African countries. During the winter, Central European Time (UTC+1) is used.
Central European Summer Time used to be also known under other names, such as Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Time (CEDT) or 'Bravo time', after the 2nd letter of the phonetic alphabet. Note that CEST is commonly referred to as CET.
[edit] Usage
The following countries and territories use Central European Summer Time during the summer, between 1:00 UTC on the last Sunday of March and 1:00 on the last Sunday of October.
- Albania, regularly since 1974
- Andorra, regularly since 1985
- Austria, regularly since 1980
- Belgium, regularly since 1980
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, regularly since 1983
- Croatia, regularly since 1983
- Czech Republic, regularly since 1979
- Denmark (metropolitan), regularly since 1980
- France (metropolitan), regularly since 1976
- Germany, regularly since 1980
- Gibraltar, regularly since 1982
- Hungary, regularly since 1980
- Italy, regularly since 1966
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg, regularly since 1977
- Malta, regularly since 1974
- Monaco, regularly since 1976
- Montenegro, regularly since 1983
- Netherlands (metropolitan), regularly since 1977
- Norway, regularly since 1980
- Poland, regularly since 1977
- Republic of Macedonia, regularly since 1983
- San Marino, regularly since 1966
- Serbia, regularly since 1983
- Slovakia, regularly since 1979
- Slovenia, regularly since 1983
- Spain (except Canary Islands), regularly since 1974
- Sweden, regularly since 1980
- Switzerland, regularly since 1981
- Tunisia, since 2005
- Vatican, regularly since 1966
CEST was used also in years 1993–1995 in Portugal and 1998–1999 in Lithuania.
