Central European 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 some European and North African countries. During the winter, they use Central European Time (UTC+1).
Central European Summer Time used to be also known under other names, such as Middle European Summer Time (MEST).
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Time zones of Europe: blue - GMT or Western European Time, red - Central European Time, green - Eastern European Time, beige - Moscow Time.
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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 UTC on the last Sunday of October:
- Albania
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark (metropolitan)
- France (metropolitan)
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Hungary
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Monaco
- Netherlands (metropolitan)
- Norway
- Poland
- San Marino
- Serbia and Montenegro
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain (except Canary Islands)
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tunisia
- Vatican
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