Time in Liechtenstein
Time zoneCentral European Time
InitialsCET
UTC offsetUTC+01:00
Adopted1894
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)
In use since1981
tz database
Europe/Vaduz

In Liechtenstein, the standard time is Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00).[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] Liechtenstein adopted CET in 1894.[3]

History

Liechtenstein adopted CET in 1894.[3] Liechtenstein first observed daylight saving time in 1941 and 1942, in-line with Switzerland, and again since 1981.[4]

IANA time zone database

The IANA time zone database in the file zone.tab contains one zone for Liechtenstein: Europe/Vaduz. Data below is for Liechtenstein directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database. Columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[5]

c.c.* coordinates* TZ* Comments UTC offsetDST
LI+4709+00931Europe/Vaduz +01:00 +02:00

See also

References

  1. Time in Liechtenstein. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. Liechtenstein at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 "dullophob". www.dullophob.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  4. Time changes in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  5. Europe at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.


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