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{{Short description|Daylight savings time in the central European time zone}}{{Time zones of Europe}}Central European Summer Time (CEST, (UTC+02:00)), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT),WEB, Correcting the Domino Daylight Savings Problem,weblink 2023-10-21, www.nashcom.de, is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; (UTC+01:00)) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to (UTC+02:00), which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia.WEB,weblink CEST time now, 24timezones.com, en-US, 2018-07-20,

Names

Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST),WEB,weblink Time zone names- Middle European Daylight, Middle European Summer, Mitteieuropaische Sommerzeit (german), www.worldtimezone.com, 2018-07-20, Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT),WEB,weblink CEDT - Central European Daylight Time: Current local time, Time Difference, en, 2018-07-20, and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet).WEB,weblink B – Bravo Time Zone (Time Zone Abbreviation), www.timeanddate.com, en, 2018-07-20,

Period of observation

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.WEB, Joseph Myers, History of legal time in Britain,weblink 2009-10-11, 2009-07-17, There were proposals to abandon summer time in Europe from 2021, possibly by moving winter time up by an hour and keeping that time through the year.NEWS, Boffey, Daniel, European parliament votes to scrap daylight saving time from 2021,weblink The Guardian, 26 March 2019,

Usage

The following countries and territories regularly use Central European Summer Time:WEB,weblink CEST – Central European Summer Time (Time Zone Abbreviation), www.timeanddate.com, en, 2018-07-20,

• Albania, since 1974
• Andorra, since 1985
• Austria, since 1980
• Belgium, since 1980
• Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 1983 when part of Yugoslavia
• Croatia, since 1983 when part of Yugoslavia
• Czech Republic, since 1979 when part of Czechoslovakia
• Denmark (metropolitan), since 1980
• France (metropolitan), since 1976
• Germany, since 1980
• Gibraltar, since 1982
• Hungary, since 1980
• Italy, since 1968
• Kosovo, since 1983 when part of Yugoslavia
• Liechtenstein, since 1981
• Luxembourg, since 1981
• Malta, since 1974
• Monaco, since 1976
• Montenegro, since 1983 when part of Yugoslavia
• Netherlands, since 1977
• North Macedonia, since 1983 when part of Yugoslavia
• Norway, since 1980
• Poland, since 1977
• San Marino, since 1966
• Serbia, since 1983 when part of Yugoslavia
• Slovakia, since 1979 when part of Czechoslovakia
• Slovenia, since 1983 when part of Yugoslavia
• Spain, since 1974 (except Canary Islands, which instead apply Western European Summer Time)
• Sweden, since 1980
• Switzerland, since 1981
• Vatican City, 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

• European Summer Time
• Time zone

References

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