Eastern European Summer Time

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

 Usage 

The following countries and territories use Eastern European Summer Time during the summer:

 Belarus, from 1991-2011, now observes Moscow Time all year long
 Bulgaria, regularly since 1979
 Cyprus, regularly since 1979, Northern Cyprus returned to EET on 29 October 2017
 Egypt, used from 1970- 20 April 2011 and again from 16 May 2014- 20 April 2015
 Estonia, in years 1981-88 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1989
 Finland, regularly since 1981
 Greece, regularly since 1975
 Israel, regularly since 1948
 Jordan, since 1985
 Latvia, in years 1981-88 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1989
 Lebanon, since 1984
 Lithuania, in years 1981-88 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1989, in years 1998 was changed to Central European Summer Time, but returned to EEST since 2003
 Moldova, in years 1981-89 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1991
 Romania, regularly since 1979
 Russia (Kaliningrad), in years 1981-90 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1991
 Syria, since 1983
 Turkey, from 1970-78 and 1985-2016, now observes Turkey Time all year long
 Ukraine, in years 1981-89 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1992, but sections of Ukraine including Crimea, Dontesk, and Luhansk have switched to Moscow Time all year long in March 2014.

In 1991 EEST was used also in Moscow and Samara time zones of Russia.

Category:Time zones