Time in Austria

In Austria, the standard time is Central European Time^[a] (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]

Time in Austria
A clock tower in Austria
Time zone	Central European Time
Initials	CET
UTC offset	UTC+01:00
Adopted	1 October 1891 (Prague and Budapest) 1 April 1893 (Vienna)
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)
tz database
Europe/Vienna

History

The Austro-Hungarian Empire adopted CET on 1 October 1891. At first railways and post offices, cities such as Prague and Budapest; however, not Vienna.^[3][4] Vienna eventually adopted CET on 1 April 1893.^[5]

Time notation

Main article: Date and time notation in Austria

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Austria is given the zone Europe/Vienna.^[6]

c.c.*	coordinates*	TZ*	Comments	UTC offset	DST
AT	+4813+01620	Europe/Vienna		+01:00	+02:00

See also

• Time in Europe
• List of time zones by country
• List of time zones by UTC offset