Time in Poland

In the early 19th century, Poland observed UTC+01:24 as it was the time corresponding to the offset of their local mean time at the Warsaw meridian, which was also known as Warsaw mean time.[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/poland/warsaw Time Changes in Warsaw Over the Years]. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021. Warsaw switched to CET on 5 August 1915, and the rest of Poland officially adopted CET on 31 May 1922.[https://www.vercalendario.info/en/when/time-changes-in-poland.html Time Changes in Poland]. www.vercalendario.info. Retrieved 4 May 2021.[http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU19220360307 Ustawa z dnia 11 maja 1922 r. o rachubie czasu.] [The Act of May 11, 1922 on the Count of Time.] (in Polish). Journal of Laws 1922 No.36, item. 307. Internet System of Legal Acts. Retrieved 4 May 2021. After World War II, daylight saving time was introduced in 1946 by a resolution of the Council of Ministers, though it would be repealed on 21 September 1949.[http://www.igik.edu.pl/pl/a/czas-letni Czas Letni]. [Summertime]. (in Polish). Institute of Geodesy and Cartography. Retrieved 4 May 2021.[http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WMP19490710906 Uchwała Rady Ministrów z dnia 21 września 1949 r. w sprawie stosowania czasu środkowo-europejskiego na obszarze Państwa.] [Resolution of the Council of Ministers of September 21, 1949]. (in Polish). MP 1949 No.71, item. 906. Internet System of Legal Acts. Retrieved 4 May 2021. Daylight saving time was in use again between 1957 and 1964, and has been in use since 1977.Historia W Aspektach Różnych (26 March 2017) [https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162053/https://www.tysol.pl/b5768-Historia-w-Aspektach-Roznych-Niechciany-powrot-czasu-letniego Historia w Aspektach Różnych: Niechciany powrót czasu letniego]. (in Polish). Tysol.pl. Archived from the [https://www.tysol.pl/b5768-Historia-w-Aspektach-Roznych-Niechciany-powrot-czasu-letniego original] on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2021.Bartnicka, Małgorzata (2012) [http://yadda.icm.edu.pl/baztech/element/bwmeta1.element.baztech-article-BPBC-0004-0001/c/httpwww_wa_pb_edu_pluploadsdownloadsarchitektura--numer-3---2012----artykul-i.pdf Czas letni w przepisach]. [Summer time in the regulations]. (in Polish). Architecturae et Artibus. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

In 2021, following the European Parliament's vote to end daylight saving time, the Centre for Public Opinion Research conducted a survey regarding the time shift, which showed 78 percent of Poles surveyed were not in favour of daylight saving time.Staff (28 March 2019) [https://wbj.pl/nearly-80procent-want-to-scrap-clock-change---mpit/post/122689 Nearly 80% want to scrap clock change - MPiT]. Warsaw Business Journal. Retrieved 21 May 2021. Despite this, however, it is not yet known whether the last time change in Poland will occur in 2021 or continue to be observed as there are currently no legal regulations for it.PAP (31 March 2019) [https://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news%2C33444%2Cm-t-wojciuk-czas-letni-byl-znany-w-polsce-pod-zaborami.html M. T. Wójciuk: czas letni był znany w Polsce pod zaborami]. [MT Wójciuk: summer time was known in Poland during the partitions]. (in Polish). Nauka w Polsce. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

Daylight saving time, which moves an hour ahead, is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST). DST has been in use since 1977; however, it was previously used from 1946 to 1949 and 1957 to 1964.[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/poland Time changes in Poland]. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

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Polish people use both the 12-hour clock and 24-hour clock, though the 12-hour clock is more commonly used in speech when unambiguous, with the AM/PM distinction denoted by phrases in Polish when needed;[https://www.polishpod101.com/blog/2020/07/31/telling-time-in-polish/ Time in Poland: Expressions to Tell the Time in Polish], 31 July 2020. PolishPod101. Retrieved 21 May 2021.{{better source needed|date=June 2021}} written communication uses 24-hour clock almost universally, including written forms of informal speech and exclusively in official documents.[https://sklep.pkn.pl/pn-en-iso-80000-3-2021-04e.html Quantities and units - Part 3]. (in Polish). Polish Committee for Standardization. Retrieved 21 May 2021. (Paywalled)

In the IANA time zone database, Poland is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Europe/Warsaw. Data for Poland directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[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.

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

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• [https://time.is/Poland Current time in Poland] at Time.is
• [https://www.lonelyplanet.com/poland/hel/practical-information/directory/time/a/nar/ee8dfd4a-96d5-4fe3-bcd5-be3e0cbacb19/1337400 Time in Poland] at Lonely Planet
• [https://www.worlddata.info/europe/poland/timezones.php Time changes in Poland] at WorldData.info

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Category:Geography of Poland