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Winter clocks in Romania keep Eastern European Time, EET, UTC+2. Once summer time starts, they show EEST, UTC+3. Bucharest's current time runs live in the flip clock above, seconds included.

Updated · Time zone data 2026e · Sources

Time zone in Romania

The time zone database gives Romania one zone, with Bucharest as its representative city. The Constitution names the municipality of Bucharest as the capital. Iaşi and every other Romanian town show the same time.

Time zone
Eastern European Time
Standard time
EET, UTC+2
Daylight saving time
EEST, UTC+3
Main cities
Bucharest, Sector 3, Iaşi, Sector 6

When the clocks change in Romania

Clocks in Romania change twice a year.

Clocks go back

Sunday 25 October 2026

4:00 AMto3:00 AM

Then EET, UTC+2

Clocks go forward

Sunday 28 March 2027

3:00 AMto4:00 AM

Then EEST, UTC+3

Last change: On Sunday 29 March 2026 at 3:00 AM, clocks went forward one hour, to EEST.

Daylight saving dates around the world

How many hours ahead or behind Bucharest

On 24 October 2026, London is 2 hours behind Bucharest.

CityDifference from Bucharest
London2 hours behind
Rome1 hour behind
Madrid1 hour behind
New York7 hours behind
Toronto7 hours behind
Kolkata2 hours 30 minutes ahead
IstanbulSame time
Dubai1 hour ahead
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Romanian time in law, the lab and the records

An ordinance on summer time
EESTthe summer abbreviation the time zone database gives Romania
Romania's government issued an ordinance on summer time. Its title speaks of establishing a summer timetable and official summer time on Romanian territory. The clock-change dates on this page come from the time zone database, which gives Romania its EU rules.
Sources Senatul României, L281/2018, Propunere legislativă pentru abrogarea Ordonanţei Guvernului nr.20/1997, IANA tz database, europe file, Romania section
A repeal proposal in the Senate
Rejectedby the Senate, which sent the proposal on to the Chamber
A legislative proposal set out to repeal the summer time ordinance. The Senate rejected it, according to the Senate's own record. That record gives the proposal's status as sent to the Chamber for debate.
Source Senatul României, L281/2018, Propunere legislativă pentru abrogarea Ordonanţei Guvernului nr.20/1997
Date and time at the metrology institute
Timp-Frecventathe group's name at Institutul Naţional de Metrologie
Institutul Naţional de Metrologie has a time and frequency group, Colectivul Timp-Frecventa. It sits in the laboratory for electromagnetic quantities. Among the group's activities and services, the institute's page lists providing the national reference for disseminating date and time information.
Source Institutul Naţional de Metrologie, Laboratorul Mărimi Electromagnetice, Colectivul Timp şi Frecvenţe
Bucharest mean time and later rules
BMTthe database's short form for Bucharest mean time
The time zone database records a Bucharest mean time, which it ends between the two world wars. Its Romanian rules add summer time each year from the following year to the end of the thirties. They list summer time again in the late seventies. A database note assumes that Romania switched to EU rules in the late nineties.
Source IANA tz database, europe file, Romania section

Questions about time in Romania

Is Romania on the same time as Bulgaria and Greece?

Yes. Clocks in Sofia and Athens read exactly what Bucharest's read, winter and summer. Bulgaria and Greece move their clocks at the very instant Romania does. Istanbul differs only in winter, when it is 1 hour ahead of Bucharest, as Turkey does not change its clocks.

When do the clocks change in Romania?

On the final Sunday of March, Romanian clocks move an hour forward in the early morning. On the final Sunday of October, they move that hour back, again in the early morning. The section on clock changes, higher up this page, gives the next date.

Will Romania stop changing its clocks?

Not for now. The European Commission proposed a directive to end seasonal changes of time. The European Parliament's tracker reports no further progress on it in the Council. After talks started by the Polish presidency, the Commission chose to run a detailed study. The time zone database still gives Romania two clock changes a year.

What is the time difference between Romania and the UK?

London is 2 hours behind Bucharest in every season. The UK and Romania change their clocks together, so summer leaves this difference alone. Rome and Madrid sit between the two, 1 hour behind Bucharest all year.

What is the time difference between Romania and the US?

New York is 7 hours behind Bucharest for most of the year, with Toronto on New York's clock. New York's summer time starts a few weeks before Romania's, in March. In autumn it runs on for a week after Romania's ends. During both spells, New York sits an hour closer to Bucharest.

Time zone names for developers
IANA zoneStandard timeDaylight saving time
Europe/BucharestEET, UTC+2Yes

Sources

We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 16 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.

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