Time in Albania

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Time in Albania
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A clock tower in Gjirokastër
Time zone Central European Time
InitialsCET
UTC offset UTC+01:00
Adopted1914
Daylight saving time
Name Central European Summer Time
InitialsCEST
UTC offset UTC+02:00
StartLast Sunday in March (02:00 CET)
EndLast Sunday in October (03:00 CEST)
tz database
Europe/Tirane

In Albania, the standard time is Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00). [1] Daylight saving time, which moves one hour ahead to Central European Summer Time, is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST). [2] Albania adopted CET in 1914. [3]

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IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Albania is given the zone Europe/Tirane. [4]

c.c.*coordinates*TZ*CommentsUTC offsetDST
AL +4120+01950 Europe/Tirane +01:00 +02:00

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References

  1. Time in Albania. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. Albania at The World Factbook . Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. Time Zone & Clock Changes in Tirana, Albania. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.