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Bravo Time Zone — B

Military letter B (Bravo) maps to the UTC+2 offset from Coordinated Universal Time. Covers Eastern Europe, parts of Southern Africa, and the Middle East.

Bravo (B) — UTC+2

17:40:52

Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT+2

About Bravo

UTC offset

UTC+2

Letter B = Bravo in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

Where B is used

Covers Eastern Europe, parts of Southern Africa, and the Middle East.

Places on UTC+2 (B time) in 2026

67 zones in the tz database are at UTC+2 for at least part of 2026. Zones listed under January or July only are on this offset for part of the year, because they change their clocks for daylight saving time. Civil abbreviations at this offset: CEST, EET.

All year (16 zones)

Botswana, Burundi, Congo - Kinshasa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Africa/Blantyre · Africa/Bujumbura · Africa/Gaborone · Africa/Harare · Africa/Johannesburg · Africa/Juba · Africa/Khartoum · Africa/Kigali · Africa/Lubumbashi · Africa/Lusaka · Africa/Maputo · Africa/Maseru · Africa/Mbabane · Africa/Tripoli · Africa/Windhoek · Europe/Kaliningrad

In January only (17 zones)

Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Moldova, Palestinian Territories, Romania, Ukraine, Åland Islands

Africa/Cairo · Asia/Beirut · Asia/Famagusta · Asia/Gaza · Asia/Hebron · Asia/Jerusalem · Asia/Nicosia · Europe/Athens · Europe/Bucharest · Europe/Chisinau · Europe/Helsinki · Europe/Kiev · Europe/Mariehamn · Europe/Riga · Europe/Sofia · Europe/Tallinn · Europe/Vilnius

In July only (34 zones)

Albania, Andorra, Antarctica, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Vatican City

Africa/Ceuta · Antarctica/Troll · Arctic/Longyearbyen · Europe/Amsterdam · Europe/Andorra · Europe/Belgrade · Europe/Berlin · Europe/Bratislava · Europe/Brussels · Europe/Budapest · Europe/Busingen · Europe/Copenhagen · Europe/Gibraltar · Europe/Ljubljana · Europe/Luxembourg · Europe/Madrid · Europe/Malta · Europe/Monaco · Europe/Oslo · Europe/Paris · Europe/Podgorica · Europe/Prague · Europe/Rome · Europe/San Marino · Europe/Sarajevo · Europe/Skopje · Europe/Stockholm · Europe/Tirane · Europe/Vaduz · Europe/Vatican and 4 more

Converting B time

In a military date-time group the zone letter follows the time: 151430B JAN 26 means 14:30 Bravo time on 15 January 2026, which is 151230Z JAN 26 in Zulu (UTC).

ZoneOffsetWhen it's 12:00 B
U Uniform UTC-8 02:00
S Sierra UTC-6 04:00
R Romeo UTC-5 05:00
Z Zulu UTC 10:00
A Alpha UTC+1 11:00
C Charlie UTC+3 13:00
E Echo UTC+5 15:00
H Hotel UTC+8 18:00
I India UTC+9 19:00
K Kilo UTC+10 20:00

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