Time in Greece

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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)

pale colours indicate where standard time is observed all year; dark colours indicate where a summer time is observed

In Greece, the standard time is Eastern European Time (Greek: Ώρα Ανατολικής Ευρώπης; EET; UTC+02:00).^[1] Daylight saving time, which moves one hour ahead to UTC+03:00^[2] is observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.^[3] Greece adopted EET in 1916.^{[citation needed]}

Time notation[]

The 12-hour notation is used in verbal communication, but the 24-hour format is also used along with the 12-hour notation in writing. The minutes are usually written with two digits; the hour numbers are written with or without a leading zero.^{[citation needed]}

IANA time zone database[]

In the IANA time zone database, Greece is given the zone Europe/Athens.^[4]

See also[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Current time in Greece at Time.is
• Time in Athens, Greece at ConvertWorld.com (in Greek)

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