Time zone · Europe
EET
Eastern European Standard Time
Eastern European Standard Time (EET) is UTC+02:00, used from Finland and the Baltic states through Ukraine, Romania and Greece to Cyprus, Lebanon, Egypt and Libya. 16 of its 18 member zones switch to Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00) in summer, though Egypt and the Palestinian territories set their own dates; Libya and Kaliningrad stay on EET all year.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+02:00
Standard · EET
Daylight saving
Not active
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
18
16 observe DST, 2 don't
DST offset
UTC+03:00
EEST · +1h
About EET
Standard time, with a summer shift.
Eastern European Standard Time (EET) is UTC+02:00, used from Finland and the Baltic states through Ukraine, Romania and Greece to Cyprus, Lebanon, Egypt and Libya. 16 of its 18 member zones switch to Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00) in summer, though Egypt and the Palestinian territories set their own dates; Libya and Kaliningrad stay on EET all year.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The 18 zones that resolve to EET.
For software, always store the IANA identifier — never the abbreviation alone. The database keeps these zones distinct because their rules can, and historically did, diverge.
Cities across EET
Local time, city by city.
35 cities
Where EET is used
16 countries.
Same offset · UTC+02:00
Other zones at UTC+02:00 right now.
These named zones share EET's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
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EET to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about EET, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- How many time zones share the EET region code?
- EET groups 18 member zones spanning countries like Egypt, Greece, Lebanon, Libya, Cyprus, Palestine, Romania, and Moldova.
- Do most EET zones change their clocks twice a year?
- Yes — 16 of the 18 member zones observe daylight saving time and shift to EEST for the summer months.
- Why is Cairo the representative zone for EET even though it is in Africa?
- Cairo sits in the eastern corner of Africa and has long been tied to the Eastern Mediterranean culturally and temporally, making it a natural anchor for the region’s shared timekeeping rhythm.
- What does the EET abbreviation stand for?
- EET stands for Eastern European Time, UTC+02:00. During daylight saving the same places use EEST, Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
- Which EET zones switch to summer time?
- 16 of 18 member zones — including Athens, Beirut, and Cairo — switch to EEST in summer; Kaliningrad and Tripoli stay on EET all year.
- Are there any EET member zones that observe only standard time year-round?
- 2 of the 18 member zones observe EET without ever switching to EEST.
- Which countries span the EET region?
- Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Cyprus, Palestine, Greece, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Åland Islands and Russia (Kaliningrad).
- How large is the geographic spread of EET compared to other time zone regions?
- EET stretches across three continents — Africa, Asia, and Europe — making it one of the most geographically diverse regional time zones.
- Why should remote teams care about EET scheduling nuances?
- Meeting planners should be mindful that even within the same region code, actual observed time may differ — for example, Libya typically follows EET while Greece and Egypt shift to EEST, changing both UTC offsets and meeting windows.
Source: IANA tzdb2026d · Reviewed
Free · Developer API
This time zone, as JSON.
Its defining offset, DST status and member counts, from one endpoint.
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