Daylight saving time in the Central European time zone
Central European Summer Time Time zone UTC offset CEST UTC+02:00 Current time 09:13, 22 November 2025CET [refresh ] Observance ofDST This time zone is only used for DST. For the rest of the year,CET is used.
Time in Europe :▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ Pale hues: Standard time observed all year▉ ▉ ▉ Dark hues:Daylight saving time Central European Summer Time (CEST ,UTC+02:00 ), sometimes referred to asCentral European Daylight Time (CEDT ),[ 1] summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observeCentral European Time (CET;UTC+01:00 ) during the other part of the year. It corresponds toUTC+02:00 , which makes it the same asEastern European Time ,Central Africa Time ,South African Standard Time ,Egypt Standard Time andKaliningrad Time inRussia .[ 2]
Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST),[ 3] [ 4] NATO phonetic alphabet ).[ 5]
Period of observation [ edit ] 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.[ 6]
There were proposals toabandon summer time in Europe from 2021, possibly by moving winter time up by an hour and keeping that time through the year.[ 7]
The following countries and territories regularly use Central European Summer Time:[ 8]
Albania , since 1974Andorra , since 1985Austria , since 1980Belgium , since 1980Bosnia and Herzegovina , since 1945 when part ofYugoslavia Croatia , since 1945 when part of YugoslaviaCzech Republic , since 1979 when part ofCzechoslovakia Denmark (metropolitan), since 1980France (metropolitan), since 1976Germany , since 1980Gibraltar , since 1982Hungary , since 1980Italy , since 1968Kosovo , since 1945 when part of YugoslaviaLiechtenstein , since 1981Luxembourg , since 1981Malta , since 1974Monaco , since 1976Montenegro , since 1945 when part of YugoslaviaNetherlands , since 1977North Macedonia , since 1945 when part of YugoslaviaNorway , since 1980Poland , since 1977San Marino , since 1966Serbia , since 1945 when part of YugoslaviaSlovakia , since 1979 when part of CzechoslovakiaSlovenia , since 1983 when part of YugoslaviaSpain , since 1974 (exceptCanary Islands , which instead applyWestern European Summer Time )Sweden , since 1980Switzerland , since 1981Vatican City , since 1966The following countries have also used Central European Summer Time in the past:
