Time Zone History

Hungary time zone history

Standard time has stayed at UTC+1 since 1890, tied eighth-longest run among the 148 zones with no change of standard time since 1970. On standard time, clocks in Budapest run 16 minutes behind local mean solar time.

UTC+1

Standard time is UTC+1 (CEST/CET); clocks go forward to UTC+2 on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October.

tz database name Europe/Budapest

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Summer time in 47 of 57 years since 1970

UTC+1: today’s standard timeUTC+1:16:20: 16 minutes ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+2: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+1: today’s standard timeUTC+1:16:20: 16 minutes ahead oftoday’s standard timeUTC+2: 1 hour ahead of today’sstandard time

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Before 1970

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Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
November 1, 1890Local mean time (UTC+1:16:20) replacedUTC+1CET

Daylight saving periods

YearsClocks go forwardClocks go backShift and labels
Before 1970
1916April 30October 11 hour, CET to CEST
1917–1918third Monday in April, 02:00third Monday in September, 03:001 hour, CET to CEST
1919April 15September 151 hour, CET to CEST
1920April 5September 201 hour, CET to CEST
1941April 7not that year1 hour, CET to CEST
1942not that yearNovember 21 hour, CET to CEST
1943March 29October 41 hour, CET to CEST
1944April 3October 21 hour, CET to CEST
1945May 1November 11 hour, CET to CEST
1946March 31October 71 hour, CET to CEST
1947–1948first Sunday in April, 02:00first Sunday in October, 03:001 hour, CET to CEST
1949April 10October 21 hour, CET to CEST
1954–1955fourth Sunday in May, 00:00first Sunday in October, 00:001 hour, CET to CEST
1956–1957first Sunday in June, 02:00last Sunday in September, 03:001 hour, CET to CEST
Since 1970
1980April 6September 281 hour, CET to CEST
1981–1995last Sunday in March, 00:00last Sunday in September, 01:001 hour, CET to CEST
1996–2037last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in October, 03:001 hour, CET to CEST

Clock changes in 2026, 2027 and 2028

The clocks go forward 1 hour (CET to CEST) on March 29, 2026, March 28, 2027 and March 26, 2028 at 02:00 and back 1 hour (CEST to CET) on October 25, 2026, October 31, 2027 and October 29, 2028 at 03:00, local time.

Also on UTC+1

Austria, Serbia, Czech Republic, Poland, Albania, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and France (nearest first; 10 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Austria (220 km): same time except 1 day in 1980–1983.
  • Serbia (316 km): same time except 539 days in 1980–1983.
  • Czech Republic (445 km): same time except 183 days in 1979–1983.
  • Poland (546 km): same time except 540 days in 1977–1987.
  • Bulgaria (630 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 200 days in 1979–1996.