Time in Luxembourg
In Luxembourg, the standard time is Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00).[1] Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST).[2]
| Time in Luxembourg | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Central European Time |
| Initials | CET |
| UTC offset | UTC+01:00 |
| Adopted | 1904–1918 1940 (readopted) |
| Daylight saving time | |
| Name | Central European Summer Time |
| Initials | CEST |
| UTC offset | UTC+02:00 |
| Start | Last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) |
| End | Last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST) |
| tz database | |
| Europe/Luxembourg | |
History
Luxembourg first introduced CET in 1904, but switched to UTC+00:00 in 1918. CET was reintroduced in 1940 under German occupation.[3]
IANA time zone database
In the IANA time zone database, Luxembourg is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Europe/Luxembourg. Data for Luxembourg directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[4]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LU | +4936+00609 | Europe/Luxembourg | +01:00 | +02:00 |
References
- Time in Luxembourg. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- Luxembourg at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- Central European Time (CET). TheTimeNow.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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