Central European Summer Time Totally Explained

Everything about Central European Summer Time totally explained

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). Note that CEST is commonly referred to as CET.

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
Macedonia, 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 and 1998–1999 in Lithuania.

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