Current time in Italy

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Local time in Italy

The time in Italy 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 Italy

Current time	11:34 p.m.
Daylight saving time	1.0 hour
Timezone	Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Olson timezone name	Europe/Rome
Time difference	6.0 hours ahead of Ashburn
	2.0 hours ahead of UTC

Italy 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 Italy

Italy uses Central European Time CET and Central European Summer Time CEST. CET is UTC +0100 and CEST is UCT +0200. Italy's latitude and longitude is 42° 50' N and 12° 50' E . Therefore a one hour offset between UTC and CET is very suitable for Italy. Its high latitude explains the use of daylight savings time in Italy.

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