Time in Monaco

In Monaco, the standard time is Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00).^[1] Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST).^[2] This is shared with several other EU member states.

Time in Monaco
Time zone	Central European Time
Initials	CET
UTC offset	UTC+01:00
Time notation	24-hour clock
Daylight saving time
Name	Central European Summer Time
Initials	CEST
UTC offset	UTC+02:00
Start	Last Sunday in March (02:00 CET)
End	Last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST)
tz database
Europe/Monaco

History

Monaco followed "Paris Mean Time" from 28 March 1911^[3] until after World War II, when Monaco adopted CET.^[4]

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Monaco is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Europe/Monaco. Data for Monaco taken directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:^[5]

c.c.*	coordinates*	TZ*	Comments	UTC offset	DST
MC	+4342+00723	Europe/Monaco		+01:00	+02:00

See also

• Time in Europe
• List of time zones by country
• List of time zones by UTC offset

References

1. Time in Monaco. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
2. Monaco at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 5 May 2021.
3. 28 March 1911. (in French). No. 2757. Journal de Monaco. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
4. Central European Time. TheTimeNow.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
5. Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.

External links

• Current time in Monaco at Time.is