
Eastern European Time
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Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer.
Time zone (UTC+02:00)
Eastern European Time | |
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Time zone | |
![]() Eastern European Time | |
UTC offset | |
EET | UTC+02:00 |
EEST | UTC+03:00 |
Current time | |
18:04, 21 September 2023 EET [refresh] 19:04, 21 September 2023 EEST [refresh] | |
Observance of DST | |
DST is observed throughout this time zone. |

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

UTC-01:00 | Cape Verde Time[a] |
UTC±00:00 | Greenwich Mean Time |
UTC+01:00 | |
UTC+02:00 | |
UTC+03:00 | East Africa Time |
UTC+04:00 |
b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.

▉▉▉▉ Standard time observed all year
▉ Daylight saving time observed
A number of African countries use UTC+02:00 all year long, where it is called Central Africa Time (CAT),[1] although Egypt and Libya also use the term Eastern European Time.[2]
The most populous city in the Eastern European Time zone is Cairo, with the most populous EET city in Europe being Kyiv.