

Some parts of Russia in far eastern Europe follow the +5 time-zone. There are other time zones such as the Atlantic/Azores Time, which is used in Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal. Most of Western Europe is six hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (or one hour ahead of GMT. Most European counties including those not in the EU adopt Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) uniformly at dates and times laid down by the EU. It is also used in the Ukrainian parts of Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk. Time zones in Europe and dealing with the 24-hour clock. Europe spans 3 time zones: Eastern European Time, Central European Time and Western European Time. The Eastern Time Zone is observed in Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Ukraine excluding except Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk, Turkey, Latvia, Moldova, Romania, Lithuania, and Kaliningrad in Russia.Ĭountries and regions observing the Further Eastern European Time/Moscow Time/ are Belarus and the Western part of Russia. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) British Summer Time (BST) Western European Summer Time (WEST) Central European Summer Time (CEST) Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) London Paris Berlin Athens Warsaw Kiev Belarus Moscow Madrid Stockholm Amsterdam Istanbul. To have a uniform time zone in Europe, all Central European countries as well as France. Germany in the extreme east near Görlitz. The Central European Time was set to correspond to the mean solar time at the 15th longitude (east).

The Central Europe Time is used in Central European countries such as Austria, Belgium, mainland Denmark, mainland France, Germany, Italy, Poland, mainland Spain, Albania, Norway, Switzerland, Hungary, Sweden, Netherlands, Slovakia, and Croatia, etc. The time zone UTC +1 is valid for Central European Time, i.e. The Western European Time/Greenwich Mean Time is observed in countries and territories located in the Western part of Europe such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Iceland, Canary Islands, Faroe Islands, etc. When Daylight Saving starts at the beginning of summer the clocks move forward at 2 AM local time to 3 AM. During Daylight Saving, the regions change to Central European Summer Time (CEST) with an offset of UTC + 2. It begins the last Sunday in March and ends the last. In Central Europe, the region is normally on Central European Time (CET) with an offset of UTC + 1. The four main time zones are the Western European Time/Greenwich Mean Time (UTC☐0:00), the Central European Time (UTC+01:00), Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00), and the Further Eastern European Time/Moscow Time/Turkey Time (UTC+03:00). In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1:00 a.m. Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving. There are four main Time Zones in Europe.
