Time in Sweden
| Time in Sweden | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Central European Time |
| Initials | CET |
| UTC offset | UTC+01:00 |
| Time notation | 24-hour clock |
| Adopted | 1900 |
| 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/Stockholm | |
In Sweden, the standard time is Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00; Swedish: centraleuropeisk tid).[1] Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST).[2] Sweden adopted CET in 1900.[3]
Time notation
[edit]Times are written with the 24-hour clock, with colon as separators. Historically full stops were more common so both can be seen.
IANA time zone database
[edit]In the IANA time zone database, Sweden is given Europe/Stockholm.[4]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE | +5920+01803 | Europe/Stockholm | +01:00 | +02:00 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Time in Sweden. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ↑ Sweden at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ↑ Time Zone & Clock Changes in Stockholm, Sweden. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ↑ Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
External links
[edit]- Current time in Sweden at Time.is
- Time in Sweden at Lonely Planet
- Local time in Sweden at Timein.now
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