In Greece, the standard time is Eastern European Time (Greek: Ώρα Ανατολικής Ευρώπης; EET;).[1] Daylight saving time, which moves one hour ahead to [2] is observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.[3] Greece adopted EET in 1916.
See 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.
In the IANA time zone database, Greece is given the zone Europe/Athens.[4]