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Central European Time (CET), used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00. The same standard time, UTC+01:00, is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: MEZ) and under other names like Romance Standard Time, Berlin Time, Paris Time or Rome Time.[1]
The 15th meridian east is the central axis for UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones.
As of 2011 all member states of the European Union observe summer time; those that use CET during the winter use Central European Summer Time (CEST), UTC+02:00, daylight saving time in summer.
After WWII Monaco, Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar implemented CET.
Portugal used CET in the years 1966–1976 and 1992–1996.
The time around the world is based on Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) which is roughly synonymous with Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). From late March to late October, clocks in the United Kingdom are put forward by one hour for British Summer Time (BST). Since 1997, most of the European Union aligned with the British standards for BST. Central European Time is thus always one hour ahead of British time.
In 1968 there was a three-year experiment called British Standard Time, when the UK and Ireland experimentally employed British Summer Time (GMT+1) all year round; clocks were put forward in March 1968 and not put back until October 1971.
For other countries see UTC+01:00.
Legal, political and economic, as well as physical or geographical criteria are used in the drawing of time zones so official time zones rarely adhere to meridian lines. The CET time zone, were it drawn by purely geographical terms, would consist of exactly the area between meridians 7°30′ E and 22°30′ E. As a result, there are European locales that despite lying in an area with a "physical" UTC+1 time, actually use another time zone (UTC+2 in particular – there are no "physical" UTC+1 areas that employ UTC). Conversely, there are European areas that have gone for UTC+1, even though their "physical" time zone is UTC (typically), UTC-1 (westernmost Spain), or UTC+2 (e.g. the very easternmost parts of Norway, Sweden, Poland and Serbia). On the other hand, the people in Spain still have all work and meal hours one hour later than France and Germany even if they have the same time zone. Following is a list of such "incongruences":
Historically Gibraltar maintained UTC+1 all year until the opening of the land frontier with Spain in 1982 when it followed its neighbour and introduced CEST.
These areas are located between 7°30′ E and 22°30′ E ("physical" UTC+1)
These areas are located west of 7°30′ E or east of 22°30′ E (outside "physical" UTC+1)
Sweden, Oslo, Iceland, Russia, Finland
Sweden, Russia, European Union, Turku, Estonia
Ukraine, India, China, Turkey, United Kingdom
Madrid, Andalusia, Portugal, European Union, Barcelona
Budapest, European Union, Slovakia, Pécs, Hungarian language
FC Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, Central European Time, Real Madrid C.F., Central European Summer Time
Italy, Rome, Spain, Udinese Calcio, A.C. Milan
Real Madrid C.F., FC Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Málaga CF, Central European Time
FK Austria Wien, Karl Daxbacher, 2011–12 Austrian Football Bundesliga, 2011–12 Austrian Cup, 2011–12 UEFA Europa League
Germany national football team, England, Uruguay, Hungary national football team, Austria national football team