Central European Time

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Time zones of Europe:

blue	Western European Time (UTC; UTC+1 in summer).
red	Central European Time (UTC+1; UTC+2 in summer).
green	Eastern European Time (UTC+2; UTC+3 in summer).
khaki	Moscow Time (UTC+3; UTC+4 in summer).

Dark colours indicate countries observing daylight saving

Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of UTC+1 time zone, 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in most European and some North African countries. Most of them also use Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) as a summer daylight saving time.

Central European Time used to be also known under other names, such as Middle European Time (MET), but today the MET abbreviation should be used only for Middle Eastern Time to avoid confusion. It is also commonly referred to as "Central Europe Time".

Usage

These countries use Central European Time all the year:

The following countries and territories use Central European Time during the winter only, between 1:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October and 1:00 UTC on the last Sunday of March:

Central European Time

Usage

See also