Time in Croatia
# Time in Croatia

In Croatia, the standard time is Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00). Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST).

## Time notation

In formal and written language, the time of day is usually expressed using the 24-hour clock. Hours and minutes are separated using either a colon or a full stop. Leading zeroes should only be used for minutes, except in tables, on electronic displays etc. In informal use, especially in speech, the 12-hour clock is used. However, instead of the English "a.m."/"p.m." system, descriptive phrases are used in cases of ambiguity, e.g. ujutro "in the morning", prijepodne "before noon", poslijepodne "afternoon", navečer "in the evening".

## IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Croatia is given the zone Europe/Zagreb.

| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| HR | +4548+01558 | Europe/Zagreb | | +01:00 | +02:00 |
