Eastern European Time
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This article is about the time zone with daylight change in Europe. For the static time zone, see UTC+02:00.
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer.
Quick Facts UTC offset, EET ...
Eastern European Time | |
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Time zone | |
UTC offset | |
EET | UTC+02:00 |
EEST | UTC+03:00 |
Current time | |
17:33, 27 April 2024 EET [refresh] 18:33, 27 April 2024 EEST [refresh] | |
Observance of DST | |
DST is observed throughout this time zone. |
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Light Blue | Western European Time / (UTC) |
Blue | Western European Time / (UTC) |
Western European Summer Time / / (UTC+1) | |
Red | Central European Time (UTC+1) |
Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) | |
Yellow | Eastern European Time / (UTC+2) |
Ochre | Eastern European Time (UTC+2) |
Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) | |
Green | UTC+3) | / (
Turquoise | UTC+4) | / / / (
Light Blue | Cape Verde Time[a] (UTC−1) |
Blue | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
Red | (UTC+1) |
Ochre | (UTC+2) |
Green | East Africa Time (UTC+3) |
Turquoise | (UTC+4) |
Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.
Standard time observed all year
Daylight saving time observed
A number of African countries use UTC+02:00 all year long, where it is called Central Africa Time (CAT),[1] although Egypt and Libya also use the term Eastern European Time.[2]
The most populous city in the Eastern European Time zone is Cairo, with the most populous EET city in Europe being Kyiv.