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) |
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]
c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GR | +3758+02343 | Europe/Athens | +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 Greece. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ Time in Greece. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ Greece at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
External links[]
- Current time in Greece at Time.is
- Time in Athens, Greece at ConvertWorld.com (in Greek)
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