Time in Bulgaria

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]

Time in Europe:

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)

▉▉▉▉ Pale hues: Standard time observed all year
  ▉▉▉   Dark hues: Daylight saving time

History

Bulgaria first observed daylight saving time between 1943 and 1944, and regularly since 1979.^[4]

Time notation

Bulgarians commonly use the 24 hour clock. The clock is used exclusively on bus and train timetables.^[5]

IANA time zone database

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

See also

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