Central European Summer Time

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Time zones of Europe:

blue	Western European Time (UTC+0) Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)
red	Central European Time (UTC+1) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
yellow	Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)
green	Moscow Time (UTC+3) Moscow Summer Time (UTC+4)

Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time: Algeria, Iceland and Morocco

Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European and some North African countries. During the winter, Central European Time (UTC+1) is used.

Central European Summer Time used to be also known under other names, such as Middle European Summer Time (MEST) or Central European Daylight Time (CEDT). Note that CEST is commonly referred to as CET.

[edit] Usage

The following countries and territories use Central European Summer Time during the summer, between 1:00 UTC on the last Sunday of March and 1:00 on the last Sunday of October.