Current time in France

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Local time in France

The time in France is 2.0 hours ahead of UTC and 6.0 hours ahead of Ashburn. There is daylightsaving in effect at the moment.

Details for the time in France

Current time	6:03 a.m.
Daylight saving time	1.0 hour
Timezone	Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Olson timezone name	Europe/Paris
Time difference	6.0 hours ahead of Ashburn
	2.0 hours ahead of UTC

France daylight saving time (DST)

DST Started	March 31, 2019 Forward 1 hour
DST Ends	Oct. 27, 2019 Backward 1 hour
Next DST Start	March 29, 2020 Forward 1 hour

More about the time in France

France uses Central European Time CET and Central European Summer Time CEST. CET is UTC +0100 and CEST is UTC +0200. The prime meridian runs through France. Therefore an one hour offset between CET and UTC is more than one would expect. The result is a relatively late sunrise in France. France's latitude is 46° 00' N which makes the use of daylight saving time unsurprising.

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