A number of African countries use UTC+02:00 all year long, where it is called Central Africa Time (CAT),[1] although Egypt and Libya also use the term Eastern European Time.

[2] The most populous city in the Eastern European Time zone is Cairo, with the most populous EET city in Europe being Kyiv.

The following countries, parts of countries, and territories use Eastern European Time all year round: The following countries, parts of countries, and territories use Eastern European Time during the winter only: The following countries, parts of countries, and territories used Eastern European Time in the past: Sometimes, due to its use on Microsoft Windows,[7] FLE Standard Time (for Finland, Lithuania, Estonia,[8] or sometimes Finland, Latvia, Estonia[9]) or GTB Standard Time (for Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria) are used to refer to Eastern European Time.

Since political, in addition to purely geographical, criteria are used in the drawing of time zones, it follows that time zones do not precisely adhere to meridian lines.

Following is a list of such anomalies: Areas east of 37°30' E ("physical" UTC+03:00) that use UTC+02:00 These areas have sunrises and sunsets at least half an hour earlier than places on the UTC+01:00 meridian.