France Time Zone Information

Current Time Zones in France

France has one official time zone, Central European Time (CET), which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the winter and two hours ahead of UTC in the summer due to daylight saving time.

Time Zone Names

• **Standard Time:** Central European Time (CET)
• **Daylight Saving Time (DST):** Central European Summer Time (CEST)

France observes DST from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, when clocks are advanced one hour.