Time in Slovenia explained

Time in Slovenia
Time Zone:Central European Time
Initials:CET
Notation:12-hour clock and 24-hour clock
Adopted:1 October 1891 (as the Austro-Hungarian Empire)
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)
Dst Since:1983
Tz:Europe/Ljubljana

In Slovenia, the standard time is Central European Time (Slovenian: Srednjeevropski čas; 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] This is shared with several other EU member states.

History

The Austro-Hungarian Empire adopted CET on 1 October 1891.[3] Slovenia would continue to observe CET after independence, and observed daylight saving time between 1941 and 1946, and again since 1983.[4]

Notation

Slovenia uses both the 12-hour and 24-hour clock.

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Slovenia is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Europe/Ljubljana. Data for Slovenia directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[5]

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External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/slovenia Time in Slovenia
  2. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/slovenia/ Slovenia
  3. Web site: Kunt . Miroslav . Studie - Zavedení středoevropského času . archiv.kvalitne.cz . 2 May 2021 . cs . 2004.
  4. https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/slovenia/ljubljana Time Changes in Ljubljana Over the Years
  5. https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb-2020f/europe Europe