Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in some European, North African, and Middle Eastern countries. Most of them also use Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) as a summer daylight saving time.

Where it is used

Two countries uses Eastern European Time all the year: 
 Libya
 Egypt

The following countries, parts of countries, and territories use Eastern European Time during the winter only:
 Bulgaria, since 1894
 Cyprus, (Northern Cyprus abolished daylight saving and has switched to Moscow Time all year long in September 2016, but returned to EET in October 2017)
 Estonia, in years 1921-40 and since 1989
 Finland, since 1921
 Greece, since 1916
 Israel, since 1948
 Jordan
 Latvia, in years 1926-40 and since 1989
 Lebanon
 Lithuania, in 1920 and since 1989
 Moldova, in years 1924-40 and since 1991
 Palestinian territories
 Romania, since 1931
 Syria
 Ukraine, in years 1924-30 and since 1990

Moscow used EET between 1922-30 and 1991-92. In Poland this time was used between 1918-22.
Turkey, used EET between 1910-2016 except for the years 1978-85 and has switched to Moscow Time all year long.

In time of World War II MET (CET) was used in eastern countries, occupied by Germany.

 Major metropolitan areas 
Athens, Greece
Beirut, Lebanon
Brasov, Romania
Bucharest, Romania
Cluj Napoca, Romania
Chişinău, Moldova
Damascus, Syria
Helsinki, Finland
Jerusalem, Israel
Kyiv, Ukraine
Lviv, Ukraine
Minsk, Belarus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Riga, Latvia
Sofia, Bulgaria
Tallinn, Estonia
Tel Aviv, Israel
Thessaloniki, Greece
Timişoara, Romania
Vilnius, Lithuania

Category:Time zones