What is Eastern European Time?
{{Time zones of Europe}} '''Eastern European Time''' ('''EET''') is one of the names of [[UTC+2]] [[time zone]], 2 hours ahead of [[Coordinated Universal Time]]. It is used in some [[Europe]]an, [[North Africa]]n, and [[Middle East]]ern countries. Most of them also use [[Eastern European Summer Time]] ([[UTC+3]]) as a summer [[daylight saving time]]. ==Where it is used== Two countries uses '''Eastern European Time''' all the year: * [[Libya]] * [[Egypt]] The following countries, parts of countries, and territories use '''Eastern European Time''' during the winter only: * [[Bulgaria]], since 1894 * [[Cyprus]], ([[Northern Cyprus]] abolished daylight saving and has switched to [[Moscow Time]] all year long in September 2016, but returned to EET in October 2017) * [[Estonia]], in years 1921-40 and since 1989 * [[Finland]], since 1921 * [[Greece]], since 1916 * [[Israel]], since [[1948]] * [[Jordan]] * [[Latvia]], in years 1926-40 and since 1989 * [[Lebanon]] * [[Lithuania]], in 1920 and since 1989 * [[Moldova]], in years 1924-40 and since 1991 * [[Palestinian territories]] * [[Romania]], since 1931 * [[Syria]] * [[Ukraine]], in years 1924-30 and since 1990 [[Moscow Time|Moscow]] used EET between 1922-30 and 1991-92. In [[Poland]] this time was used between 1918-22. [[Turkey]], used EET between 1910-2016 except for the years 1978-85 and has switched to [[Moscow Time]] all year long. In time of World War II MET ([[Central European Time|CET]]) was used in eastern countries, occupied by Germany. == Major metropolitan areas == *[[Athens]], [[Greece]] *[[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] *[[Brasov]], [[Romania]] *[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] *[[Cluj Napoca]], [[Romania]] *[[Chişinău]], [[Moldova]] *[[Damascus]], [[Syria]] *[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] *[[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]] *[[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]] *[[Lviv]], [[Ukraine]] *[[Minsk]], [[Belarus]] *[[Nicosia]], [[Cyprus]] *[[Riga]], [[Latvia]] *[[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]] *[[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] *[[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]] *[[Thessaloniki]], [[Greece]] *[[Timişoara]], [[Romania]] *[[Vil