Time in Sweden

Time in Sweden
Time zoneCentral European Time
InitialsCET
UTC offsetUTC+01:00
Time notation24-hour clock
Adopted1900
Daylight saving time
NameCentral European Summer Time
InitialsCEST
UTC offsetUTC+02:00
StartLast Sunday in March (02:00 CET)
EndLast 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

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

In the IANA time zone database, Sweden is given Europe/Stockholm.[4]

c.c.* coordinates* TZ* Comments UTC offsetDST
SE+5920+01803Europe/Stockholm+01:00+02:00

See also

References

  1. ↑ Time in Sweden. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Sweden at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Time Zone & Clock Changes in Stockholm, Sweden. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.


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