IANA Name: Europe/Sofia
Standard Offset: UTC +02:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC +03:00
DST Abbreviation: EEST
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
FAQ — Europe/Sofia
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The current local time in Europe/Sofia is 03:42:51. Europe/Sofia is currently UTC+02:00. Compare with all major time zones.
Europe/Sofia is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.
Yes — Europe/Sofia observes DST. In standard time it is EET UTC+02:00; during DST it switches to EEST UTC+03:00. Exact transition dates follow the local government's DST rules and are baked into the IANA tz database.
Europe/Sofia is used (in whole or in part) by Bulgaria. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between Europe/Sofia and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.