Central European Summer Time

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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 some European and North African countries. During the winter, they use Central European Time (UTC+1).

Central European Summer Time used to be also known under other names, such as Middle European Summer Time (MEST).

Time zones of Europe: blue - GMT or Western European Time, red - Central European Time, green - Eastern European Time, beige - Moscow Time.
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Time zones of Europe: blue - GMT or Western European Time, red - Central European Time, green - Eastern European Time, beige - Moscow Time.

Usage

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:

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