What is Eastern European Summer Time?
{{Time zones of Europe}} '''Eastern European Summer Time''' ('''EEST''') is one of the names of [[UTC+3]] [[time zone]]. This zone is 3 hours ahead of [[Coordinated Universal Time]]. It is used as a summer [[daylight saving time]] in some [[Europe]]an, [[North Africa]]n, and [[Middle East]]ern countries. During the winter, the [[Eastern European Time]] ([[UTC+2]]) is used. == Usage == The following countries and territories use '''Eastern European Summer Time''' during the summer: * [[Belarus]], from 1991-2011, now observes Moscow Time all year long * [[Bulgaria]], regularly since 1979 * [[Cyprus]], regularly since 1979, [[Northern Cyprus]] returned to EET on 29 October 2017 * [[Egypt]], used from 1970- 20 April 2011 and again from 16 May 2014- 20 April 2015 * [[Estonia]], in years 1981-88 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1989 * [[Finland]], regularly since 1981 * [[Greece]], regularly since [[1975]] * [[Israel]], regularly since [[1948]] * [[Jordan]], since 1985 * [[Latvia]], in years 1981-88 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1989 * [[Lebanon]], since 1984 * [[Lithuania]], in years 1981-88 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1989, in years 1998 was changed to [[Central European Summer Time]], but returned to EEST since 2003 * [[Moldova]], in years 1981-89 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1991 * [[Romania]], regularly since 1979 * [[Russia]] ([[Kaliningrad Oblast|Kaliningrad]]), in years 1981-90 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1991 * [[Syria]], since 1983 * [[Turkey]], from [[1970]]-78 and 1985-2016, now observes [[Turkey Time]] all year long * [[Ukraine]], in years 1981-89 Moscow Summer Time, regularly EEST since 1992, but sections of Ukraine including Crimea, Dontesk, and Luhansk have switched to [[Moscow Time]] all year long in March 2014. In 1991 EEST was used also in [[Moscow]] and [[Samara Oblast|Samara]] time zones of [[Russia]]. {{eu-stub}} [[Category:Time zones]]