Time in Romania
| Light Blue | Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
| Blue | Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
| Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time (UTC+1) | |
| Red | Central European Time (UTC+1) |
| Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) | |
| Yellow | Eastern European Time / Kaliningrad Time (UTC+2) |
| Ochre | Eastern European Time (UTC+2) |
| Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) | |
| Green | Moscow Time / Turkey Time (UTC+3) |
| Turquoise | Armenia Time / Azerbaijan Time / Georgia Time / Samara Time (UTC+4) |
▉▉▉ Dark colours: Summer time observed
In Romania, the standard time is Eastern European Time (Romanian: Ora Europei de Est; EET; UTC+02:00).[1] Daylight saving time, which moves one hour ahead to UTC+03:00 is observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.[2]
Daylight saving time
[edit]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]
Time notation
[edit]The 24-hour clock is used for official purposes, including transport schedules, however in everyday conversation Romanians commonly use the 12-hour clock.[5]
IANA time zone database
[edit]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]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RO | +4426+02606 | Europe/Bucharest | +02:00 | +03:00 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Time in Romania. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Romania at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Ora de vară. (in Romanian). Observatorul Astronomic. Retrieved 5 July 2021. [Contains tables with all historical summer time start and end dates since 1932]
- ^ Valahia.news (27 March 2021) Summer Time in Romania, EU Countries. Valahia.News. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Time in Romania. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
External links
[edit]- Current time in Romania at Time.is
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