Time in Norway

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In Norway the standard time is the Central European Time (UTC+1). Norway observes Summer Time (sommertid, daylight saving time). The transition dates are the same as for other european countries.

The tz zone is "Europe/Oslo".

In Norway, summer time was introduced in 1916, 1940-45, and 1959-65. The question of whether to have the arrangement was highly controversial, and in 1965 parliament (Stortinget) decided that enough was enough, and discontinued the practice. The neighbour, Sweden, did not use it. In 1980, however, DST was re-introduced (together with Sweden and Denmark, and at present (2007) Norway follows the European Union in this matter.

All Norwegian dependencies also has the same time: Svalbard, Jan Mayen and the Bouvet Island. The open sea around Jan mayen has UTC-1 and around Bouvet Island UTC, but the islands legally have UTC+1.