In Serbia, the standard time is Central European Time (CET; ; ). Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST). Serbia adopted CET in 1884.
The 24-hour clock is almost exclusively used in writing, while spoken language is dominated by the 12-hour clock, usually without noting whether the hour is a.m. or p.m. â that information is derived from the context.
In the IANA time zone database, Serbia is given the zone Europe/Belgrade.