Central European Summer Time

Time zones of Europe:
light blue Western European Time (UTC+0)
blue Western European Time (UTC+0)
Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
pink Central European Time (UTC+01:00)
red Central European Time (UTC+01:00)
Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
yellow Kaliningrad Time (UTC+02:00)
golden Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)
Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)
light green Minsk Time, Moscow Time (UTC+03:00)
Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time: Algeria, Belarus, Iceland, Russia, Tunisia.

Central European Summer Time (CEST) is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (UTC + one hour) during the rest of the year. It corresponds to UTC + two hours.

Names

Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet).

Period of observation

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

Usage

The following countries and territories use Central European Summer Time.

CEST was used also in the years 1993–1995 in Portugal and 1998–1999 in Lithuania.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Joseph Myers (2009-07-17). "History of legal time in Britain". Retrieved 2009-10-11.