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]
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]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LU | +4936+00609 | Europe/Luxembourg | +01:00 | +02:00 |
See also
References
- ^ Time in Luxembourg. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ Luxembourg at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ Central European Time (CET). TheTimeNow.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ Europe (2020 edition) at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
External links
- Current time in Luxembourg at Time.is