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Time in Monaco
Time zoneCentral European Time
InitialsCET
UTC offsetUTC+01:00
Time notation24-hour clock
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/Monaco

In Monaco, 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] This is shared with several other EU member states.

History

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Monaco followed "Paris Mean Time" from 28 March 1911[3] until after World War II, when Monaco adopted CET.[4]

IANA time zone database

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In the IANA time zone database, Monaco is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Europe/Monaco. Data for Monaco taken 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 offset DST
MC +4342+00723 Europe/Monaco +01:00 +02:00

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Time in Monaco. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  2. ^ Monaco at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ 28 March 1911. (in French). No. 2757. Journal de Monaco. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. ^ Central European Time. TheTimeNow.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  5. ^ Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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