Time in Luxembourg

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In Luxembourg, 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]

InitialsCET
Adopted1904–1918
1940 (readopted)
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Time in Luxembourg
Time zoneCentral European Time
InitialsCET
UTC offsetUTC+01:00
Adopted1904–1918
1940 (readopted)
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/Luxembourg
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History

Luxembourg first introduced CET in 1904, but switched to UTC+00:00 in 1918. CET was reintroduced in 1940 under German occupation.[3]

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Luxembourg is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Europe/Luxembourg. Data for Luxembourg directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[4]

More information c.c.*, coordinates* ...
c.c.* coordinates* TZ* Comments UTC offsetDST
LU+4936+00609Europe/Luxembourg+01:00+02:00
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