Current time in the Europe/Athens time zone

Europe/Athens is an IANA time zone used in Greece. It is on standard time now, UTC+2 (EET), until Sunday, March 28, 2027.

Europe/Athens at a glance

Rules of the Europe/Athens time zone

Europe/Athens switches between two offsets: UTC+2 (EET) for standard time and UTC+3 (EEST) for daylight saving time. Below are the last changes and the ones scheduled next.

Recent and upcoming changes in Europe/Athens

Where Europe/Athens is used

Europe/Athens is used in Greece. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.

• Athens

Europe/Athens compared with other time zones

Differences change during the year when one side moves to or from daylight saving time, so the table shows January and July separately.

Other zones on UTC+2 right now

These IANA zones show the same time as Europe/Athens today. Their clock-change rules may differ.

• Africa/Blantyre
• Africa/Bujumbura
• Africa/Cairo
• Africa/Gaborone
• Africa/Harare
• Africa/Johannesburg
• Africa/Juba
• Africa/Khartoum
• Africa/Kigali
• Africa/Lubumbashi
• Africa/Lusaka
• Africa/Maputo

Using Europe/Athens in software

Store and send the zone as its IANA name, Europe/Athens, not as a fixed offset. A fixed offset such as UTC+2 gives the wrong result after the next clock change.

Show the current time in Europe/Athens:

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Europe/Athens', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Europe/Athens'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Europe/Athens')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Europe/Athens date

Tools for time in Europe/Athens

• Convert a time to or from Europe/Athens: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
• Add Athens to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
• Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Europe/Athens and the other cities you work with.
• Open a full-screen clock for your own time zone.

Frequently asked questions

Time zone rules: IANA tz database, version 2026e. Place names and coordinates: GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the coordinates and can differ by a minute or two from local almanacs.