Time in Bulgaria explained

In Bulgaria, the standard time is Eastern European Time (Bulgarian: Източноевропейско време; EET;).^[1] Daylight saving time, which moves one hour ahead to is observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October,^[2] inline with most EU member states.^[3]

History

Bulgaria first observed daylight saving time between 1943 and 1944, and regularly since 1979.^[4]

Time notation

Bulgarians commonly use the 24 hour clock. The clock is used exclusively on bus and train timetables.^[5]

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Bulgaria is given the zone Europe/Sofia:^[6]

See also

• Time in Europe
• List of time zones by country
• List of time zones by UTC offset

External links

• Current time in Bulgaria at Time.is

Notes and References

1. https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/bulgaria Time in Bulgaria
2. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bulgaria/ Bulgaria
3. http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=113965 Bulgaria Turns Clocks to Daylight Saving Time March 28
4. https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/bulgaria/sofia Clock Changes in Sofia, Bulgaria
5. https://www.lonelyplanet.com/bulgaria/chiprovtsi/practical-information/directory/time/a/nar/7b2f7e2b-5333-4750-8f6a-d6cc26f96f41/1002773 Time in Bulgaria
6. https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb-2020f/europe Europe