Time Zone History

Lithuania time zone history

The record holds 7 different UTC offsets, tied third-most among all 312 zones. Lithuania has changed its standard time 3 times since 1970, tied second-most among the 23 zones on UTC+2 standard time.

UTC+2

Standard time is UTC+2 (EEST/EET); clocks go forward to UTC+3 on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October.

tz database name Europe/Vilnius

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Summer time in 43 of 57 years since 1970

UTC+1: 1 hour behind today’s standard timeUTC+1:24, UTC+1:35:36, UTC+1:41:16: behind today’s standard timeUTC+2: today’s standard timeUTC+3: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+4: 2 hours ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+1: 1 hour behind today’sstandard timeUTC+1:24, UTC+1:35:36,UTC+1:41:16: behind today’sstandard timeUTC+2: today’s standard timeUTC+3: 1 hour ahead of today’sstandard timeUTC+4: 2 hours ahead of today’sstandard time

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Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1880Local mean time (UTC+1:41:16) replacedUTC+1:24WMT
January 1, 1917Standard time forward 12 minutesUTC+1:35:36KMT
October 10, 1919Standard time back 36 minutesUTC+1CET
July 12, 1920Standard time forward 1 hourUTC+2EET
October 9, 1920Standard time back 1 hourUTC+1CET
August 3, 1940Standard time forward 2 hoursUTC+3MSK
June 24, 1941Standard time back 2 hoursUTC+1CET
August 1, 1944Standard time forward 2 hoursUTC+3MSK
Since 1970
March 26, 1989Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+2EET
March 29, 1998Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+1CET
October 31, 1999Summer offset kept as standard time; clocks did not moveUTC+2EET

Daylight saving periods

YearsClocks go forwardClocks go backShift and labels
Before 1970
1942not that yearNovember 21 hour
1943March 29October 41 hour, CET to CEST
1944April 3not that year1 hour, CET to CEST
Since 1970
1981–19831 April, 00:001 October, 00:001 hour, MSK to MSD
1984April 1September 301 hour, MSK to MSD
1985–1988last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in September, 03:001 hour, MSK to MSD
1989not that yearSeptember 241 hour
1990–1995last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in September, 03:001 hour, EET to EEST
1996–1997last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in October, 03:001 hour, EET to EEST
1998not that yearOctober 251 hour
1999March 28not that year1 hour
2003–2037last Sunday in March, 03:00last Sunday in October, 04:001 hour, EET to EEST

Clock changes in 2026, 2027 and 2028

The clocks go forward 1 hour (EET to EEST) on March 29, 2026, March 28, 2027 and March 26, 2028 at 03:00 and back 1 hour (EEST to EET) on October 25, 2026, October 31, 2027 and October 29, 2028 at 04:00, local time.

Also on UTC+2

Latvia, Kaliningrad (Russia), Estonia, Kyiv (Ukraine), Finland, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Nicosia (Cyprus) (nearest first; 12 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Belarus (170 km): same time except 4,115 days in 1989–1991 and 1998–2026; 1 hour ahead today.
  • Latvia (263 km): same time except 1,036 days in 1996–1999, 2001 and 2002.
  • Kaliningrad (Russia) (309 km): same time except 4,243 days in 1998–2026.
  • Poland (393 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 7,517 days in 1970–2002.
  • Estonia (527 km): same time except 791 days in 1998, 1999 and 2002.

How it compares

On standard time, clocks in Vilnius run 19 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.