IANA tz database · zone identifier

Europe/Athens

The IANA tz database identifier for Eastern European Standard Time in Greece. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC+03:00Abbreviation EESTObserves daylight saving
Time in Europe/Athens☾ Night
01:56:34
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+03:00
Abbreviation
EEST
DST
Active

Current offset

UTC+03:00

standard UTC+02:00 · daylight UTC+03:00

Abbreviation

EEST

the daylight-saving form

DST behaviour

Observes

changes clocks twice a year

Country

🇬🇷 Greece

ISO 3166: GR · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Europe/Athens is the identifier to use in code and config for this region. Every modern language, database, and OS resolves it through the same tz database, so the examples here behave identically everywhere.

Avoid storing EEST or +03:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
timeZone: 'Europe/Athens',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

Two offsets,
every year.

Europe/Athens alternates between EET (UTC+02:00) and EEST (UTC+03:00). Right now it is on EEST; clocks fall back on 25 October 2026.

The year at a glance

EET · UTC+02:00EEST · UTC+03:00EET · UTC+02:0029 Mar · +1h25 Oct · −1h Jan 2026 Dec

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierEurope/Athens
ISO country codeGR🇬🇷 Greece
Reference coordinates37.97°N, 23.72°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+02:00abbreviation EET
Daylight offsetUTC+03:00abbreviation EEST

Where it applies

All of Greece, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Athens or Eastern European Standard Time.

🇬🇷
Greece

10M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Europe/Athens.

Country page →
🇬🇷 Athens
01:56
01:56:34 · EEST
pop. 643KEET

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Eastern European Standard Time

other identifiers keeping EET

Same offset · UTC+03:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Frequently asked questions

Answers specific to this identifier — generated from the database record. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What UTC offset is Europe/Athens?
Europe/Athens is currently UTC+03:00 (EEST). It alternates between UTC+02:00 in winter and UTC+03:00 in summer.
Does Europe/Athens observe daylight saving time?
Yes. Clocks fall back at the next transition on 25 October 2026, as they do twice every year.
Which country uses Europe/Athens?
Greece. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Europe/Athens the same as EET?
Europe/Athens is one of the IANA zones that keeps Eastern European Standard Time (EET). Use Europe/Athens in software — EET is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Everything on this page — offset, abbreviation, DST rules, coordinates — from one endpoint, always current with the latest tzdb release.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones?iana=Europe/Athens
{
"iana": "Europe/Athens",
"utc_offset": "+03:00",
"abbreviation": "EEST",
"observes_dst": true,
"country": "GR"
}