Central European Summer Time: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Central European Summer Time (CEST) is the time zone UTC+2, i.e. 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 instead.

Usage

The following countries and territories use CEST during the summer:

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