Central European Summer Time - Definition and Overview

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 instead.

Central European Summer Time used to be also known as Middle European Summer Time (MEST).

Usage

The following countries and territories use Central European Summer Time 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

See also

• European Summer Time
• Other countries and territories in UTC+2 time zone