Time in Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, the standard time is Eastern European Time ({{langx|bg|Източноевропейско време}}; EET; UTC+02:00).[https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/bulgaria Time in Bulgaria]. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021. 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,[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bulgaria/ Bulgaria] at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 5 May 2021. inline with most EU member states.[http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=113965 Bulgaria Turns Clocks to Daylight Saving Time March 28]. Sofia News Agency – Novinite.com. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

History

Bulgaria first observed daylight saving time between 1943 and 1944, and regularly since 1979.[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/bulgaria/sofia Clock Changes in Sofia, Bulgaria]. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

Time notation

Bulgarians commonly use the 24 hour clock. The clock is used exclusively on bus and train timetables.[https://www.lonelyplanet.com/bulgaria/chiprovtsi/practical-information/directory/time/a/nar/7b2f7e2b-5333-4750-8f6a-d6cc26f96f41/1002773 Time in Bulgaria]. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Bulgaria is given the zone Europe/Sofia:[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

External links

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

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