Central European Summer Time

Time zones of Europe:

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]])

Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time

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) or Central European Daylight Time (CEDT).

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. (Note that CEST is commonly referred to, in those countries which use it, as CET,

• 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
• FYROM, regularly since 1983
• 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
• 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.

See also

• European Summer Time
• [[UTC+2|Other names of UTC+2 time zone]]
• Other countries and territories in UTC+2 time zone

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