Time in Romania

In Romania, the standard time is Eastern European Time ({{langx|ro|Ora Europei de Est}}; EET; UTC+02:00).[https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/romania Time in Romania]. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 6 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/romania/ Romania] at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 6 May 2021.

Daylight saving time

Daylight saving time (DST) in Romania (locally known by "Ora de Vară") was originally introduced in 1932 (between 22 May and 2 October). Between 1933 and 1940, DST started on the first Sunday in April and ended on the first Sunday in October. DST was abandoned in 1941 and reintroduced in 1979.[http://www.astro-urseanu.ro/ora_vara.html Ora de vară]. (in Romanian). Observatorul Astronomic. Retrieved 5 July 2021. [Contains tables with all historical summer time start and end dates since 1932] Since 1996, with a few exceptions from the norm, DST in Romania has followed the European Union rules.Valahia.news (27 March 2021) [https://valahia.news/summer-time-in-romania-dst/ Summer Time in Romania, EU Countries]. Valahia.News. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

Time notation

The 24-hour clock is used for official purposes, including transport schedules, however in everyday conversation Romanians commonly use the 12-hour clock.[https://www.lonelyplanet.com/romania/constanta/practical-information/directory/time/a/nar/e9c21580-eafa-44b1-80a8-14d06b32fb11/360394 Time in Romania]. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Romania is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Europe/Bucharest. Data for Romania 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.

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References

External links

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

Category:Geography of Romania