Time in Lithuania
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| Time in Lithuania | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Eastern European Time |
| Initials | EET |
| UTC offset | UTC+02:00 |
| Daylight saving time | |
| Name | Eastern European Summer Time |
| Initials | EEST |
| UTC offset | UTC+03:00 |
| Start | Last Sunday in March (02:00 EET) |
| End | Last Sunday in October (03:00 EEST) |
| tz database | |
| Europe/Vilnius | |
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] Lithuania adopted EET in 1920.[citation needed]
History
[edit]Lithuania observed DST between 1941 and 1944, and since 1989 (with a brief break between 2000 and 2002).[3]
IANA time zone database
[edit]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 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
External links
[edit]- Current time in Lithuania at Time.is