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UTC+01:00

Identifier for a time offset

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UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. It indicates a point of time meaning Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) plus one hour. It is synonymous with Central European Time (CET).

This time is used in:

01Central European Time (Northern Hemisphere winter)

Principal cities: Berlin, Budapest, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Dortmund, Essen, Bremen, Hanover, Mainz, Rome, Milan, Naples, Venice, Florence, Palermo, Turin, Genoa, Vatican City, San Marino, Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon, Lille, Montpellier, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Nice, Monaco, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Málaga, Bilbao, A Coruña, Granada, Andorra, Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Zürich, Geneva, Bern, Bellinzona, Lausanne, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Luxembourg, Valletta, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Warsaw, Prague, Zagreb, Tirana, Sarajevo, Pristina, Podgorica, Skopje, Belgrade, Bratislava, Ljubljana, Vaduz, Schaan, Serravalle, Dogana, Monte Carlo, Monaco-Ville, Monaco, Westside, St. Paul's Bay, Malmö.

Europe

Central Europe

  • Albania
  • Andorra
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • France (Metropolitan)
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Kosovo
  • Liechtenstein
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro
  • Netherlands
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • San Marino
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain (continental territory including Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, and excluding Canary Islands, which observe UTC+1 during summer)
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom
  • Vatican City

Antarctica

Time in Europe Light Blue Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) Blue Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time (UTC+1) Red Central European Time (UTC+1) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Yellow Eastern European Time / Kaliningrad Time (UTC+2) Ochre Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) Green Moscow Time / Turkey Time (UTC+3) Turquoise Armenia Time / Azerbaijan Time / Georgia Time / Samara Time (UTC+4) ▉▉▉▉ Pale hues: Standard time observed all year ▉▉▉ Dark hues: Daylight saving time
Time in Europe Light Blue Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) Blue Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time (UTC+1) Red Central European Time (UTC+1) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Yellow Eastern European Time / Kaliningrad Time (UTC+2) Ochre Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) Green Moscow Time / Turkey Time (UTC+3) Turquoise Armenia Time / Azerbaijan Time / Georgia Time / Samara Time (UTC+4) ▉▉▉▉ Pale hues: Standard time observed all year ▉▉▉ Dark hues: Daylight saving time

02Western European Summer Time (Northern Hemisphere summer)

03As standard time (year-round)

Principal cities: Lagos, Abuja, Kinshasa, Algiers, Tunis, Rabat, Casablanca, Tangier, Marrakesh, Yaoundé, Fez, Douala, Malabo, Bata, Libreville, Niamey, Tangier, N'Djamena, Bangui, Porto-Novo, Cotonou, Luanda, Laayoune

Africa

West Africa

Time in Africa Light Blue Cape Verde Time[a] (UTC−1) Blue Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) Red Central European Time West Africa Time (UTC+1)[b] Yellow Central Africa Time Eastern European Time South African Standard Time (UTC+2) Ochre Egypt Standard Time (UTC+2) Egypt Summer Time (UTC+3) Green East Africa Time (UTC+3) Turquoise Mauritius Time[d] Seychelles Time[d] (UTC+4) a The islands of Cape Verde are west of the African mainland. b In September 2026, Morocco will switch permanently to Greenwich Mean Time. d Mauritius and the Seychelles are east and northeast of Madagascar, respectively.
Time in Africa Light Blue Cape Verde Time[a] (UTC−1) Blue Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) Red Central European Time West Africa Time (UTC+1)[b] Yellow Central Africa Time Eastern European Time South African Standard Time (UTC+2) Ochre Egypt Standard Time (UTC+2) Egypt Summer Time (UTC+3) Green East Africa Time (UTC+3) Turquoise Mauritius Time[d] Seychelles Time[d] (UTC+4) a The islands of Cape Verde are west of the African mainland. b In September 2026, Morocco will switch permanently to Greenwich Mean Time. d Mauritius and the Seychelles are east and northeast of Madagascar, respectively.

04Discrepancies between official UTC+01:00 and geographical UTC+01:00

Areas in UTC+01:00 longitudes using UTC+02:00

From south to north:

Areas outside UTC+01:00 longitudes using UTC+01:00 time

Areas between meridians 7°30'W and 7°30'E ("physical" UTC+00:00)

All of:

  • Andorra
  • Belgium
  • Gibraltar
  • Luxembourg
  • Monaco
  • Netherlands
  • Benin

Most of:

  • Spain, excluding Canary Islands (which use UTC) and westernmost part of the mainland (see below)
  • France (with exception of small parts of Alsace, Lorraine and Provence are east of 7°30'E)
  • Algeria, including Algiers

Parts of:

  • Equatorial Guinea (Annobón Island only)
  • Morocco (northeastern part)
  • Niger (western part)
  • Nigeria (western part)
  • Germany (The very westernmost part)
  • Switzerland (westernmost part)
  • Italy (The very northwesternmost part)
  • Norway (Bouvet Island and southwesternmost part)

Areas between meridians 22°30'W and 7°30'W ("physical" UTC−01:00)

  • Spain
    • Parts of Galicia, Extremadura and Andalusia
  • Norway
    • Jan Mayen
  • Morocco
  • Western Sahara
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