Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the
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Central European Time usage in Europe
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:
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* Vatican, regularly since 1966
Before World War II,
Central European Time usage in Africa
These African countries use Central European Time (see
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Anomalies
Since political, in addition to purely geographical, criteria are used in the drawing of time zones, it follows that actual time zones do not precisely adhere to meridian lines. The CET (UTC+1) time zone, were it drawn by purely geographical terms, would consist of exactly the area between meridians 7°30′ E and 22°30′ E. As a result, there are European locales that despite lying in an area with a "physical" UTC+1 time, actually use another time zone (UTC+2 in particular – there are no "physical" UTC+1 areas that employ UTC); contrariwise, there are European areas that have gone for UTC+1, even though their "physical" time zone is UTC (typically), UTC-1 (westernmost
Areas that use UTC+1
Countries (or parts thereof) west of 7°30′ W ("physical" UTC-1) that use UTC+1
- The westernmost part of
Spain (Galicia, e.g. the city ofA Coruña );Cape Finisterre in Galicia, at 9°16′ W, is the westernmost place where CET is applied
Countries (or parts thereof) between 7°30′ W and 7°30′ E ("physical" UTC) that use UTC+1
Andorra Belgium France , except for the absolutely easternmost part, inAlsace , incl.Strasbourg , and except forCorsica - The very westernmost part of
Germany , incl. the cities ofSaarbrücken ,Düsseldorf ,Cologne ,Aachen , andTrier - The absolutely westernmost part of
Italy , incl. the cities ofAosta inAosta Valley andCuneo inPiedmont Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands - The westernmost part of
Norway , incl. the cities of Bergen andStavanger Spain , except for the westernmost part (see above)- The part of
Switzerland west ofBern (inclusive), also incl. cities such asGeneva ,Lausanne , andFribourg
Countries (or parts thereof) east of 22°30′ E ("physical" UTC+2) that use UTC+1
- The easternmost part of the
Republic of Macedonia , including the city ofStrumica - The easternmost part of
Serbia , in thePirot District , including the city ofPirot - The easternmost tips of
Hungary andSlovakia , bordering to the north and south respectively the UkrainianTranscarpathian Oblast (Zakarpattia Oblast ), a bit to the east ofVásárosnamény ,Hungary –Uzhhorod ,Ukraine (both at 22°18′ E) line - The easternmost part of
Poland , including the cities ofLublin andBiałystok - The northeast of
Sweden , in the Norrbotten province, including the cities ofKalix andHaparanda - The northeast of
Norway , lying north ofFinland , roughly coinciding with the county ofFinnmark ; for instanceVadsø , the capital ofFinnmark , has a longitude of 23°49′ E. Actually, the easternmost town inNorway ,Vardø , lies at 30°51′ E, which is so far east, so as to be east even of the central meridian of EET (UTC+2), i.e. east ofIstanbul andAlexandria . The sun reaches its highest point at 10:56 (when not DST). :It is also interesting to note that the Norwegian-Russia n border (incl. border passings such asKirkenes ) is the only place where CET (UTC+1) borders Moscow time (UTC+3), resulting in a two hours time change for the passenger crossing that border. More so, there exists a "tri-zone" point (where UTC+1, UTC+2, and UTC+3 meet) at theNorway -Finland -Russia tripoint (look for the town ofNautsi in , thus passing into the UTC+1 time zone. So, moving in a (north–)easterly direction, you will be moving from UTC+3 to UTC+2 to UTC+1! A note for time zone tourists: If you need a visa to enter Russia it is illegal to cross the border outside border controls.
Areas geographically located within UTC+1 longitudes
Countries (or parts thereof) west of 22°30′ E ("physical" UTC+1) that use UTC+2
- The westernmost part of
Greece , including the cities ofPatras ,Ioannina and the island ofCorfu - The westernmost parts of the
Bulgaria n provinces ofVidin andKyustendil - The westernmost part of
Romania , including most of the area of the counties of Caraş-Severin, Timiş (capitalTimişoara ), Arad, and Bihor, as well as the westernmost tips of the counties of Mehedinţi and Satu Mare - The westernmost tip of
Ukraine , near the border withHungary andSlovakia , at the UkrainianTranscarpathian Oblast (Zakarpattia Oblast ), essentially comprising the city ofUzhhorod and its environs. (Although CET is used as local, non-official time in Transcarpathia). - The
Russia n exclave ofKaliningrad , excluding however its easternmost slice (the city ofNesterov is east of 22°30′ E, but that of Krasnoznamensk is not) - Western
Lithuania , including the cities ofKlaipėda ,Tauragė , andTelšiai - Western
Latvia , including the cities ofLiepāja andVentspils - The westernmost parts of the
Estonia n islands ofSaaremaa andHiiumaa , including the capital of theSaare County ,Kuressaare - The southwestern coast of
Finland , including the city ofTurku ; also theÅland islands (of Finnish jurisdiction) – theÅland islands are the westernmost locale applying EET in the whole of Europe - The northwesternmost part of
Finland , includingKilpisjärvi andKaaresuvanto .
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* Other names of UTC+1 time zone
* Other countries and territories in UTC+1 time zone
References
* [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/time/zeitgesetz.en.html German Time Act]