Time in Sweden explained

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]

Time notation

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).

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Sweden is given Europe/Stockholm.[4]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sweden Time in Sweden
  2. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sweden/ Sweden
  3. https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/sweden/stockholm?syear=1850 Time Zone & Clock Changes in Stockholm, Sweden
  4. https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb-2020f/europe Europe