In Albania, the standard time is Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00).[1] Daylight saving time, which moves one hour ahead to Central European Summer Time, is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST).[2] Albania adopted CET in 1914.[3]

Time in Albania
A clock tower in Gjirokastër
Time zoneCentral European Time
InitialsCET
UTC offsetUTC+01:00
Adopted1914
Daylight saving time
NameCentral European Summer Time
InitialsCEST
UTC offsetUTC+02:00
StartLast Sunday in March (02:00 CET)
EndLast Sunday in October (03:00 CEST)
tz database
Europe/Tirane

IANA time zone database

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In the IANA time zone database, Albania is given the zone Europe/Tirane.[4]

c.c.* coordinates* TZ* Comments UTC offset DST
AL +4120+01950 Europe/Tirane +01:00 +02:00

See also

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References

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