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Time in Serbia

In Serbia, the standard time is Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00; Serbian: средњоевропско време/srednjoevropsko vreme).[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] Serbia adopted CET in 1884.[3]

Time notation

Main article: Date and time notation in Serbia

The 24-hour clock[4] is almost exclusively used in writing, while spoken language is dominated by the 12-hour clock, usually without noting whether the hour is a.m. or p.m. – that information is derived from the context.[citation needed]

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Serbia is given the zone Europe/Belgrade.[5]

c.c.* coordinates* TZ* Comments UTC offset DST
RS +4450+02030 Europe/Belgrade +01:00 +02:00

See also

References

  1. ^ Time in Serbia. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ Serbia at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ^ Time Zone & Clock Changes in Serbia. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ^ Time in Serbia. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. ^ Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.