Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of UTC+1 time zone, 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in some European and North African countries. Most of them also use Central European Summer Time as a summer daylight saving time.

Central European Time used to be also known as Middle European Time (MET).

Usage

One country uses Central European Time all the year:

• Algeria

The following countries and territories use Central European Time during the winter only:

• Albania
• Andorra
• Austria
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark (except Faroe Islands and Greenland)
• France (metropolitan)
• Germany
• Gibraltar
• Hungary
• Italy
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg
• Macedonia
• Malta
• Monaco
• Netherlands (except Aruba and Netherlands Antilles)
• Norway
• Poland
• San Marino
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain (except Canary Islands)
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Tunisia
• Vatican