Time in Luxembourg explained

Time in Luxembourg
Time Zone:Central European Time
Initials:CET
Adopted:1904–1918
1940 (readopted)
Dst Name:Central European Summer Time
Dst Initials:CEST
Dst Start:Last Sunday in March (02:00 CET)
Dst End:Last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST)
Tz:Europe/Luxembourg

In Luxembourg, the standard time is Central European Time (CET;).[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]

History

Luxembourg first introduced CET in 1904, but switched to in 1918. CET was reintroduced in 1940 under German occupation.[3]

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Luxembourg is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Europe/Luxembourg. Data for Luxembourg directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[4]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/luxembourg Time in Luxembourg
  2. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/luxembourg/ Luxembourg
  3. http://www.thetimenow.com/cet/central_european_time Central European Time (CET)
  4. https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb-2020f/europe Europe