In Romania, the standard time is Eastern European Time (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Ora Europei de Est; 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]
Daylight saving time (DST) in Romania (locally known by "Ora de Vară") was originally introduced in 1932 (between 22 May and 2 October). Between 1933 and 1940, DST started on the first Sunday in April and ended on the first Sunday in October. DST was abandoned in 1941 and reintroduced in 1979.[3] Since 1996, with a few exceptions from the norm, DST in Romania has followed the European Union rules.[4]
The 24-hour clock is used for official purposes, including transport schedules, however in everyday conversation Romanians commonly use the 12-hour clock.[5]
In the IANA time zone database, Romania is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Europe/Bucharest. Data for Romania directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[6]