Eastern European Summer Time
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Time in Europe:
Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time: Algeria, Belarus, Iceland, Russia, Tunisia.
| light blue | Western European Time (UTC±00:00) |
| blue | Western European Time (UTC±00:00) Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00) |
| pink | Central European Time (UTC+01:00) |
| red | Central European Time (UTC+01:00) Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) |
| yellow | Kaliningrad Time (UTC+02:00) |
| golden | Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00) |
| light green | Further-eastern European Time, Moscow Time (UTC+03:00) |
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European, North African, and Middle Eastern countries. During the winter, Eastern European Time (UTC+2) is used.
Since 1996 European Summer Time has been observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union.[1]
Usage[edit]
The following countries and territories use Eastern European Summer Time during the summer:
- Belarus, in years 1981–89 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1991
- Bulgaria, regularly since 1979
- Cyprus, regularly since 1979
- Estonia, in years 1981–88 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1989
- Finland, regularly since 1981
- Greece, regularly since 1975
- Israel, regularly since 1948
- Jordan, since 1985
- Latvia, in years 1981–88 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1989
- Lebanon, since 1984
- Lithuania, in years 1981–88 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1989, in years 1998 was changed to Central European Summer Time, but returned to EEST since 2003
- Moldova, in years 1932–40, 1981–89 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1991
- Romania, in years 1932–40, regularly since 1979
- Russia (Kaliningrad), in years 1981–90 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1991, as standard time from March 2011.
- Syria, since 1983
- Turkey, in years 1970-78 EEST, in years 1979–83 as in Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1985
- Ukraine, in years 1981–89 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST from 1992[2]
In one year 1991 EEST was used also in Moscow and Samara time zones of Russia.
| Colour | Legal time vs local mean time |
|---|---|
| 1 h ± 30 m behind | |
| 0 h ± 30 m | |
| 1 h ± 30 m ahead | |
| 2 h ± 30 m ahead | |
| 3 h ± 30 m ahead |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Joseph Myers (2009-07-17). "History of legal time in Britain". Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ Ukraine to return to standard time on Oct. 30 (updated), Kyiv Post (October 18, 2011)
