Summary
In Slovenia, the standard time is Central European Time (Slovene: Srednjeevropski čas; CET; UTC+01:00).[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] This is shared with several other EU member states.
| Time in Slovenia | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Central European Time |
| Initials | CET |
| UTC offset | UTC+01:00 |
| Time notation | 12-hour clock and 24-hour clock |
| Adopted | 1 October 1891 (as the Austro-Hungarian Empire) |
| Daylight saving time | |
| Name | Central European Summer Time |
| Initials | CEST |
| UTC offset | UTC+02:00 |
| Start | Last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) |
| End | Last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST) |
| In use since | 1983 |
| tz database | |
| Europe/Ljubljana | |
History edit
The Austro-Hungarian Empire adopted CET on 1 October 1891.[3] Slovenia would continue to observe CET after independence, and observed daylight saving time between 1941 and 1946, and again since 1983.[4]
Notation edit
Slovenia uses both the 12-hour and 24-hour clock.[citation needed]
IANA time zone database edit
In the IANA time zone database, Slovenia is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Europe/Ljubljana. Data for Slovenia directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[5]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI | +4603+01431 | Europe/Ljubljana | +01:00 | +02:00 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Time in Slovenia. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Slovenia at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Kunt, Miroslav (2004). "Studie - Zavedení středoevropského času". archiv.kvalitne.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Time Changes in Ljubljana Over the Years. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
External links edit
- Time in Slovenia at TimeAndDate.com.