Time in Sweden

In Sweden, the standard time is Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00; Swedish: centraleuropeisk tid).^[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] Sweden adopted CET in 1900.^[3]

Time in Sweden
Time zone	Central European Time
Initials	CET
UTC offset	UTC+01:00
Time notation	24-hour clock
Adopted	1900
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/Stockholm

Time notation

Main article: Date and time notation in Sweden

Times are written with the 24-hour clock, with full stops as separators (although colons are sometimes used instead of full stops).^{[citation needed]}

IANA time zone database

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

c.c.*	coordinates*	TZ*	Comments	UTC offset	DST
SE	+5920+01803	Europe/Stockholm		+01:00	+02:00

See also

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