Time in Greece

In Greece, the standard time is Eastern European Time (Greek: Ώρα Ανατολικής Ευρώπης; EET; UTC+02:00).[1] Daylight saving time, which moves one hour ahead to UTC+03:00[2] is observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.[3] Greece adopted EET in 1916.

Time notation

Main article: Date and time notation in Greece

The 12-hour notation is used in verbal communication, but the 24-hour format is also used along with the 12-hour notation in writing. The minutes are usually written with two digits; the hour numbers are written with or without a leading zero.

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Greece is given the zone Europe/Athens.[4]

c.c.* coordinates* TZ* Comments UTC offset DST
GR +3758+02343 Europe/Athens +02:00 +03:00

See also

References

  1. ^ Time in Greece. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ Time in Greece. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ^ Greece at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ^ Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.


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