Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European, North African, and Middle Eastern countries. During the winter, Eastern European Time (UTC+2) is used.
| Light Blue | Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
| Blue | Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
| Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time (UTC+1) | |
| Red | Central European Time (UTC+1) |
| Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) | |
| Yellow | Eastern European Time / Kaliningrad Time (UTC+2) |
| Ochre | Eastern European Time (UTC+2) |
| Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) | |
| Green | Moscow Time / Turkey Time (UTC+3) |
| Turquoise | Armenia Time / Azerbaijan Time / Georgia Time / Samara Time (UTC+4) |
▉▉▉ Dark colours: Summer time observed
Since 1996 European Summer Time has been observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union.[1]
Usage
The following countries and territories use Eastern European Summer Time during the summer:
- Belarus, in years 1981–89 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1991
- Bulgaria, regularly since 1979
- Cyprus, regularly since 1979
- Estonia, in years 1981–88 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1989
- Finland, regularly since 1981
- Greece, regularly since 1975
- Israel, regularly since 1948
- Jordan, since 1985
- Latvia, in years 1981–88 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1989
- Lebanon, since 1984
- Lithuania, in years 1981–88 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1989, in years 1998 was changed to Central European Summer Time, but returned to EEST since 2003
- Moldova, in years 1932–40, 1981–89 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1991
- Romania, in years 1932–40, regularly since 1979
- Russia (Kaliningrad), in years 1981–90 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1991, as standard time from March 2011.
- Syria, since 1983
- Turkey, in years 1970-78 EEST, in years 1979–83 as in Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1985
- Ukraine, in years 1981–89 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST from 1992[2]
In one year 1991 EEST was used also in Moscow and Samara time zones of Russia.
See also
References
- ^ Joseph Myers (2009-07-17). "History of legal time in Britain". Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ Ukraine to return to standard time on Oct. 30 (updated), Kyiv Post (October 18, 2011)