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{{Time zones of Europe}} |
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The '''[[time zone]] in [[Germany]]''' is [[Central European Time]] ( |
The '''[[time zone]] in [[Germany]]''' is [[Central European Time]] ({{Lang|de|Mitteleuropäische Zeit}}, ''MEZ''; [[UTC+01:00]]) and [[Central European Summer Time]] ({{Lang|de|Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit}}, ''MESZ''; [[UTC+02:00]]). [[Daylight saving time]] is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST). The doubled hour during the switch back to standard time is named 2A (02:00 to 03:00 CEST) and 2B (02:00 to 03:00 CET). |
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==IANA time zone database== |
==IANA time zone database== |
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The [[IANA time zone database]] contains two zones for Germany, "Europe/Berlin" and "Europe/Busingen", although in 1945, the [[Trizone]] did not follow [[Berlin]]'s switch to midsummer time.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} |
The [[IANA time zone database]] contains two zones for Germany, "Europe/Berlin" and "Europe/Busingen", although in 1945, the [[Trizone]] did not follow [[Berlin]]'s switch to midsummer time.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} |
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[[Germany]] |
[[Germany]] had been politically divided into [[East Germany]] and [[West Germany]] at and after the start of the [[Unix time|Unix epoch]], which is the date from which the tz database wants to record correct information. The database aims to include at least one zone for every [[ISO 3166-1]] alpha-2 country code. This list was first issued in 1997, after the reunification of Germany in 1990. Hence only the unified Germany is listed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/2074/match=east+germany |title=Re: FW: FW: Corrections to historic German timezone information |first=Jonathan |last=Lennox |publisher=gmane.comp.time.tz |date=2008-02-11}}</ref> |
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The zone Europe/Busingen was created in the 2013a release of the tz database,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2013-March/000009.html |title=tzcode2013a and tzdata2013a available |first=Paul |last=Eggert |publisher=mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/ |date=2013-03-02}}</ref> because since the [[Unix time]] epoch in 1970, [[Büsingen am Hochrhein|Büsingen]] has shared clocks with [[Zurich]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/4765 |title=New zone for DE, split from Europe/Berlin |first=Arthur David |last=Olson |publisher=gmane.comp.time.tz |date=2012-03-03}}</ref> Büsingen did not observe DST in 1980 like the rest of |
The zone Europe/Busingen was created in the 2013a release of the tz database,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2013-March/000009.html |title=tzcode2013a and tzdata2013a available |first=Paul |last=Eggert |publisher=mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/ |date=2013-03-02}}</ref> because since the [[Unix time]] epoch in 1970, [[Büsingen am Hochrhein|Büsingen]] has shared clocks with [[Zurich]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/4765 |title=New zone for DE, split from Europe/Berlin |first=Arthur David |last=Olson |publisher=gmane.comp.time.tz |date=2012-03-03}}</ref> Büsingen did not observe DST in 1980 like the rest of West Germany, but did so from 1981 after [[Switzerland]] adopted DST. |
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Data for Germany directly from [[List of tz database time zones|zone.tab]] of the [[tz database|IANA time zone database]]. Columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself. |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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! c.c.* |
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! Coordinates* |
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! TZ* |
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! Comments* |
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! [[UTC offset]] |
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! [[Daylight savings time|UTC DST offset]] |
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| {{Tz/zone.tab cols wikitable|Europe/Berlin}} |
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| {{tz/utc offset link|Europe/Berlin}} |
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| {{Tz/utc dst offset link|Europe/Berlin}} |
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| {{Tz/zone.tab cols wikitable|Europe/Busingen}} |
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| {{tz/utc offset link|Europe/Busingen}} |
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| {{Tz/utc dst offset link|Europe/Busingen}} |
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== History == |
== History == |
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[[Daylight saving time]] was first introduced during [[World War I]] by the [[German Empire]] in the years 1916 to 1918. After the end of the war and the proclamation of the [[Weimar Republic]] in November 1918, daylight saving time ceased to be observed. It was used again 1940–1949 (from 1945 differently in the West and East) and introduced again from 1980. West and East Germany had the same time and DST from 1950 until unification. In 1996, daylight saving time was harmonised throughout the [[European Union]] by Directive 2000/84/EC, which moved the end of DST to the last Sunday in October. |
[[Daylight saving time]] was first introduced during [[World War I]] by the [[German Empire]] in the years 1916 to 1918. After the end of the war and the proclamation of the [[Weimar Republic]] in November 1918, daylight saving time ceased to be observed. It was used again 1940–1949 (from 1945 differently in the West and East) and introduced again from 1980. West and East Germany had the same time and DST from 1950 until unification. In 1996, daylight saving time was harmonised throughout the [[European Union]] by Directive 2000/84/EC, which moved the end of DST to the last Sunday in October. |
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In 1980 the exclave Büsingen did not use DST in order to keep to the [[Time in Switzerland|same time as Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.srf.ch/player/tv/-/video/schweizer-zeit-in-buesingen?id=c012c029-03b7-4c2b-9164-aa5902cd58d3 |title=Schweizer Zeit in Büsingen |publisher=Schweizer Fernsehen: SF Videoportal | |
In 1980 the exclave [[Büsingen am Hochrhein|Büsingen]] did not use DST in order to keep to the [[Time in Switzerland|same time as Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.srf.ch/player/tv/-/video/schweizer-zeit-in-buesingen?id=c012c029-03b7-4c2b-9164-aa5902cd58d3 |title=Schweizer Zeit in Büsingen |publisher=Schweizer Fernsehen: SF Videoportal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108012030/http://www.srf.ch/player/tv/-/video/schweizer-zeit-in-buesingen?id=c012c029-03b7-4c2b-9164-aa5902cd58d3 |archive-date=2015-01-08 }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/_index.htm Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt |
*[http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/_index.htm Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt – Legal Time] {{in lang|de}} |
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*[http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/me_einhg/__4.html Gesetz über die Einheiten im Messwesen und die Zeitbestimmung § 4 (EinhZeitG, ''Units and Time Act'')] {{ |
*[http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/me_einhg/__4.html Gesetz über die Einheiten im Messwesen und die Zeitbestimmung § 4 (EinhZeitG, ''Units and Time Act'')] {{in lang|de}} |
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*[http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sozv/ Sommerzeitverordnung (''Summer Time Ordinance'')] {{ |
*[http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sozv/ Sommerzeitverordnung (''Summer Time Ordinance'')] {{in lang|de}} |
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*[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/time/zeitgesetz.en.html German Time Act] {{ |
*[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/time/zeitgesetz.en.html German Time Act] {{in lang|en}} |
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{{Europe topic|Time in}} |
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[[Category:Time in Germany| ]] |
[[Category:Time in Germany| ]] |
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[[Category:Geography of Germany]] |
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Latest revision as of 22:33, 10 June 2024
| 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) |
▉▉▉ Dark colours: Summer time observed
The time zone in Germany is Central European Time (Mitteleuropäische Zeit, MEZ; UTC+01:00) and Central European Summer Time (Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit, MESZ; UTC+02:00). Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST). The doubled hour during the switch back to standard time is named 2A (02:00 to 03:00 CEST) and 2B (02:00 to 03:00 CET).
IANA time zone database
[edit]The IANA time zone database contains two zones for Germany, "Europe/Berlin" and "Europe/Busingen", although in 1945, the Trizone did not follow Berlin's switch to midsummer time.[citation needed]
Germany had been politically divided into East Germany and West Germany at and after the start of the Unix epoch, which is the date from which the tz database wants to record correct information. The database aims to include at least one zone for every ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. This list was first issued in 1997, after the reunification of Germany in 1990. Hence only the unified Germany is listed.[1]
The zone Europe/Busingen was created in the 2013a release of the tz database,[2] because since the Unix time epoch in 1970, Büsingen has shared clocks with Zurich.[3] Büsingen did not observe DST in 1980 like the rest of West Germany, but did so from 1981 after Switzerland adopted DST.
History
[edit]Daylight saving time was first introduced during World War I by the German Empire in the years 1916 to 1918. After the end of the war and the proclamation of the Weimar Republic in November 1918, daylight saving time ceased to be observed. It was used again 1940–1949 (from 1945 differently in the West and East) and introduced again from 1980. West and East Germany had the same time and DST from 1950 until unification. In 1996, daylight saving time was harmonised throughout the European Union by Directive 2000/84/EC, which moved the end of DST to the last Sunday in October.
In 1980 the exclave Büsingen did not use DST in order to keep to the same time as Switzerland.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lennox, Jonathan (2008-02-11). "Re: FW: FW: Corrections to historic German timezone information". gmane.comp.time.tz.
- ^ Eggert, Paul (2013-03-02). "tzcode2013a and tzdata2013a available". mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/.
- ^ Olson, Arthur David (2012-03-03). "New zone for DE, split from Europe/Berlin". gmane.comp.time.tz.
- ^ "Schweizer Zeit in Büsingen". Schweizer Fernsehen: SF Videoportal. Archived from the original on 2015-01-08.
External links
[edit]- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt – Legal Time (in German)
- Gesetz über die Einheiten im Messwesen und die Zeitbestimmung § 4 (EinhZeitG, Units and Time Act) (in German)
- Sommerzeitverordnung (Summer Time Ordinance) (in German)
- German Time Act (in English)