Central European Time

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Template:Time zones of Europe 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

One country uses Central European Time all the year:

• Algeria

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:

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

See also

• European Summer Time
• [[UTC+1|Other names of UTC+1 time zone]]
• Other countries and territories in UTC+1 time zone
• Amsterdam Timecs:Středoevropský čas

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