Time in Bulgaria
Time in Europe:
| Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) | |
| Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) | |
| Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time (UTC+1) | |
| Central European Time (UTC+1) | |
| Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) | |
| Eastern European Time / Kaliningrad Time (UTC+2) | |
| Eastern European Time (UTC+2) | |
| Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) | |
| Moscow Time / Turkey Time (UTC+3) |
In Bulgaria, the standard time is Eastern European Time (EET; UTC+02:00).[1] Daylight saving time, which moves one hour ahead to UTC+03:00 is observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October,[2] inline with most EU member states.[3]
History[]
Bulgaria first observed daylight saying time between 1943 and 1944, and regularly since 1979.[4]
Time notation[]
Bulgarians commonly use the 24 hour clock. The clock is used exclusively on bus and train timetables.[5]
IANA time zone database[]
In the IANA time zone database, Bulgaria is given the zone Europe/Sofia:[6]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG | +4241+02319 | Europe/Sofia | +02:00 | +03:00 |
See also[]
- Time in Europe
- List of time zones by country
- List of time zones by UTC offset
References[]
- ^ Time in Bulgaria. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Bulgaria at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Bulgaria Turns Clocks to Daylight Saving Time March 28. Sofia News Agency – Novinite.com. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Clock Changes in Sofia, Bulgaria. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Time in Bulgaria. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
External links[]
- Current time in Bulgaria at Time.is
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