Time in Lithuania
Time in Lithuania is given by Eastern European Time (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] Latvia adopted EET in 1920.
Time in Europe:
▉▉▉▉ Pale colours: Standard time observed all year
▉▉▉ Dark colours: Summer time observed
| 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
History
Lithuania observed DST between 1941 and 1944, and since 1981 (with a brief break between 2000 and 2002).[3]
IANA time zone database
In the IANA time zone database, Lithuania is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Europe/Vilnius. Data for Lithuania directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[4]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT | +5441+02519 | Europe/Vilnius | +02:00 | +03:00 |
References
- Time in Lithuania. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- Lithuania at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- Clock Changes in Vilnius, Lithuania. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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