Time in Sweden | |
Time Zone: | Central European Time |
Initials: | CET |
Notation: | 24-hour clock |
Adopted: | 1900 |
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/Stockholm |
In Sweden, the standard time is Central European Time (CET; ; Swedish: centraleuropeisk tid).[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] Sweden adopted CET in 1900.[3]
See main article: Date and time notation in Sweden. Times are written with the 24-hour clock, with full stops as separators (although colons are sometimes used instead of full stops).
In the IANA time zone database, Sweden is given Europe/Stockholm.[4]