Time in Bulgaria
| Light Blue | Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
| Blue | Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
| Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time (UTC 1) | |
| Red | Central European Time (UTC 1) |
| Central European Summer Time (UTC 2) | |
| Yellow | Eastern European Time / Kaliningrad Time (UTC 2) |
| Ochre | Eastern European Time (UTC 2) |
| Eastern European Summer Time (UTC 3) | |
| Green | Moscow Time / Turkey Time (UTC 3) |
| Turquoise | Armenia Time / Azerbaijan Time / Georgia Time / Samara Time (UTC 4) |
▉▉▉ Dark colours: Summer time observed
In Bulgaria, the standard time is Eastern European Time (Bulgarian: Източноевропейско време; 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] inline with most EU member states.[3]
History
[edit]Bulgaria first observed daylight saving time between 1943 and 1944, and regularly since 1979.[4]
Time notation
[edit]Bulgarians commonly use the 24 hour clock. The clock is used exclusively on bus and train timetables.[5]
IANA time zone database
[edit]In the IANA time zone database, Bulgaria is given the zone Europe/Sofia:[6]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG | 4241 02319 | Europe/Sofia | 02:00 | 03:00 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Time in Bulgaria. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Bulgaria at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Bulgaria Turns Clocks to Daylight Saving Time March 28. Sofia News Agency – Novinite.com. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Clock Changes in Sofia, Bulgaria. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Time in Bulgaria. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
External links
[edit]- Current time in Bulgaria at Time.is
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