Time Zone

Italy is in the Central European time zone (CET) equals GMT plus 1 hour.

Summer time (+ 1 hour) is in force from the end of March until the end of September.

However each year, from approximately the last week of March until the last week of October Italy adopts daylight saving time and advances the clock one hour.

From the end of March until the end of October Australia is 8 hours ahead of Italy, while from the end of October until the end of March the time difference increases to 10 hours.

New Zealand is 10 hours ahead of Italy, increased to 12 hours from the end of October until the end of March.