Time Zone History

Malta time zone history

Clocks have been changed 114 times since 1970, tied for the most among the 38 zones in Europe. On standard time, clocks in Malta run 2 minutes ahead of 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/Malta

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Summer time in every year since 1970

UTC+0:58:04: 2 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC+1: today’s standard timeUTC+2: 1 hour ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+0:58:04: 2 minutes behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+1: today’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 2, 1893Local mean time (UTC+0:58:04) replacedUTC+1CET

Daylight saving periods

YearsClocks go forwardClocks go backShift and labels
Before 1970
1916June 4October 11 hour, CET to CEST
1917April 1October 11 hour, CET to CEST
1918March 10October 71 hour, CET to CEST
1919March 2October 51 hour, CET to CEST
1920March 21September 191 hour, CET to CEST
1940June 15not that year1 hour, CET to CEST
1942not that yearNovember 21 hour
1943March 29October 41 hour, CET to CEST
1944April 2September 171 hour, CET to CEST
1945April 2September 151 hour, CET to CEST
1946–1947third Sunday in March, 02:00first Sunday in October, 03:001 hour, CET to CEST
1948February 29October 31 hour, CET to CEST
1966–1968fourth Sunday in May, 00:00fourth Sunday in September, 00:001 hour, CET to CEST
1969June 1September 281 hour, CET to CEST
Since 1970
1970May 31September 271 hour, CET to CEST
1971May 23September 261 hour, CET to CEST
1972May 28October 11 hour, CET to CEST
1973March 31September 291 hour, CET to CEST
1974April 21September 161 hour, CET to CEST
1975–1979third Sunday in April, 02:00third Sunday in September, 02:001 hour, CET to CEST
1980March 31September 211 hour, CET to CEST
1981–1995last Sunday in March, 02:00last Sunday in September, 03:001 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

Tunisia, Italy, Albania, Algeria, Serbia, Andorra, Hungary, Switzerland, Austria and Czech Republic (nearest first; 10 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Libya (355 km): same time except 8,120 days in 1970–2026; 1 hour ahead today.
  • Tunisia (401 km): same time except 9,505 days in 1970–2005 and 2009–2026.
  • Italy (690 km): same time except 377 days in 1973–1980.
  • Albania (760 km): same time except 884 days in 1970–1984.
  • Greece (849 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 881 days in 1970–1980.

How it compares

Standard time has stayed at UTC+1 since 1893.