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) |
In Bulgaria, the standard time is Eastern European Time ( Bulgarian: Източноевропейско време; 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] inline with most EU member states. [3]
Bulgaria first observed daylight saving time between 1943 and 1944, and regularly since 1979. [4]
Bulgarians commonly use the 24 hour clock. The clock is used exclusively on bus and train timetables. [5]
In the IANA time zone database, Bulgaria is given the zone Europe/Sofia: [6]
c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BG | +4241+02319 | Europe/Sofia | +02:00 | +03:00 |