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).

Usage

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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. (Note that CEST is commonly referred to, in those countries which use it, as CET, for simplicity. i.e. a one hour positive offset from UK time throughout the year.)

• Albania
• Andorra
• Austria
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark (metropolitan)
• France (metropolitan)
• Germany
• Gibraltar
• Hungary
• Italy
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg
• Macedonia
• Malta
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands (metropolitan)
• Norway
• Poland
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain (except Canary Islands)
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Tunisia
• Vatican

See also

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• European Summer Time
• Other names of UTC+2 time zone
• Other countries and territories in UTC+2 time zone

Time zones

Středoevropský letní čas | Sommerzeit | Central European Summer Time | 中央ヨーロッパ夏時間