Time Zones in Italy

Time Zone Currently Being Used in Italy

Offset	Time Zone Abbreviation & Name		Example City	Current Time
UTC +1	CET	Central European Time	Rome	Tue, 6:34:26 pm

How Many Time Zones Are There in Italy?

Italy has only one time zone. Central European Time (CET) is used as standard time, while Central European Summer Time (CEST) is observed when Daylight Saving Time (DST) is in force.

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Time Zone Not Currently Being Observed in Italy

Offset	Time Zone Abbreviation & Name		Commences
UTC +2	CEST	Central European Summer Time	Mar 30, 2025

The above time zone is used during other parts of the year. It will become active again after the next clock change as Daylight Saving Time begins or ends.

Time Zone History of Italy

In Italy, standard time was introduced in 1893. Until then, the country had been using solar mean time, based on Italy's longitude. It was 49 minutes and 56 seconds ahead of GMT, then the world's time standard.

In 1893, Italy advanced its clocks by 10 minutes and 4 seconds, so the local time was exactly 1 hour ahead of GMT. The country still uses this local time as standard time today.

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