Time in Croatia

In Croatia, the standard time is Central European Time (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 Croatia
Time zone	Central European Time
Initials	CET
UTC offset	UTC+01:00
Time notation	24-hour clock
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/Zagreb

Time notation

Main article: Date and time notation in Croatia

In formal and written language, the time of day is usually expressed using the 24-hour clock. Hours and minutes are separated using either a colon or a full stop.^[3] Leading zeroes should only be used for minutes, except in tables, on electronic displays etc. In informal use, especially in speech, the 12-hour clock is used. However, instead of the English "a.m."/"p.m." system, descriptive phrases are used in cases of ambiguity, e.g. ujutro "in the morning", prijepodne "before noon", poslijepodne "afternoon", navečer "in the evening".

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Croatia is given the zone Europe/Zagreb.^[4]

c.c.*	coordinates*	TZ*	Comments	UTC offset	DST
HR	+4548+01558	Europe/Zagreb		+01:00	+02:00

See also

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