Central European Summer Time

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Image:Time zones of Europe.svg
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).

[edit] 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,

CEST was used also in years 1993–1995 in Portugal.

[edit] See also

fr:Heure d'été d'Europe centrale it:Ora estiva dell'Europa Centrale hu:Közép-európai nyári idő mr:मध्य युरोप उन्हाळा वेळ (CEST) ja:中央ヨーロッパ夏時間 no:Central European Summer Time sr:Средњоевропско летње време zh:欧洲中部夏令时间

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