:Time in Austria

{{Infobox time zone country

| name = Time in Austria

| image = File:WrNeustadt 2581.JPG

| caption = A clock tower in Austria

| time_zone = Central European Time

| initials = CET

| offset = UTC+01:00

| meridian =

| notation =

| adopted = 1 October 1891 (Prague and Budapest)
1 April 1893 (Vienna)

| dst_name = Central European Summer Time

| dst_initials = CEST

| dst_offset = UTC+02:00

| dst_start = Last Sunday in March (02:00 CET)

| dst_end = Last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST)

| dst_since =

| tz = Europe/Vienna

}}

In Austria, the standard time is Central European Time{{efn|German: Mitteleuropäische Zeit; MEZ}} (CET; UTC+01:00).[https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/austria Time in Austria]. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021. Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST).[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/austria/ Austria] at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 2 May 2021.

History

The Austro-Hungarian Empire adopted CET on 1 October 1891. At first railways and post offices, cities such as Prague and Budapest, however not Vienna.{{cite web |last1=Kunt |first1=Miroslav |title=Studie - Zavedení středoevropského času |url=http://archiv.kvalitne.cz/studie/cas.htm |website=archiv.kvalitne.cz |access-date=2 May 2021 |language=cs |date=2004}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=fF8-AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Central+european+time%22+Austria+1893&pg=PA380 Milling, Volume 1], 1892. D.H. Ranck Publishing Company. Retrieved 2 May 2021. Vienna eventually adopted CET on 1 April 1893.[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/austria/vienna Time Zone in Vienna, Vienna, Austria (Wien)]. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

Time notation

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Austria is given the zone Europe/Vienna.[https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb-2020f/europe Europe] (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.

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References

Notes

External links

[https://time.is/Austria Current time in Austria] at Time.is

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