Time in the Netherlands
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| Time in the Netherlands | |
|---|---|
| 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/Amsterdam | |
In the Netherlands, the standard time is Central European Time (UTC+01:00). Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST).[1]
History[]
UTC+00:20 was used in the Netherlands from 1 May 1909 to 16 May 1940, where it was known as Amsterdam Time or Dutch Time.[citation needed]
When Germany occupied the Netherlands in World War II, Berlin Time was adopted, and this has been retained ever since.
Date and notation[]
IANA time zone database[]
In the IANA time zone database, the Netherlands is given Europe/Amsterdam.[2]
See also[]
- Time in Europe
- List of time zones by country
- List of time zones by UTC offset
- UTC+00:20
References[]
- ^ Time in the Netherlands. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
External links[]
- Albertus Antonie Nijland, "Time in Holland", The Observatory, 32 (1909), 301.
- Wettelijke tijdregeling in Nederland (in Dutch)
- Dutch Time Act
- Time zone and DST in the Netherlands
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