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East Mediterranean forecasts

Greece

Radio	Area	Freq. (kHz)	Universal Time	Language
ERT	Greek Districts	729	04.30	E/G
Athens	Greek Districts	2590	07.03, 09.33, 15.03, 21.03	E/G
Iraklion	Greek Districts	2799	07.03, 09.03, 15.33, 21.33	E/G
Kerkyra	Greek Districts	2830	07.03, 09.03, 15.33, 21.33	E/G
Rhodes	Greek Districts	2624	07.03, 09.03,(15.33, 21.33)	E/G
Deutsche Welle	All Med. Areas	6075, 9545, 15135	17.55	Ger
VHF	Area	Channel	Universal Time	Language
Kerkyra	Ionian Sea	02	06.00, 10.00, 16.00, 22.00	G/E
Kythira	South Ionian Sea	85	06.00, 10.00, 16.00, 22.00	G/E
Knossos	Around Crete	83	06.00, 10.00, 16.00, 22.00	G/E
Rhodes	South Aegean Sea	63	06.00, 10.00, 16.00, 22.00	G/E
Limnos	North Aegean Sea	82	06.00, 10.00, 16.00, 22.00	G/E
Navtex	Area	Channel	Universal Time	Language
Kerkyra ^(K)	Ionian/Adriatic Seas	518	05.40, 09.40, 17.40, 21.40	E
Iraklion ^(H)	East Mediterranean Sea	518	from 01.10, then every 4 h	E
Limnos ^(L)	Aegean Sea	518	from 01.50, then every 4 h	E

Croatia

VHF	Area	Channel	Universal Time	Language
Rijeka	Adriatic Sea, Otranto Strait	24	05.35, 14.35, 19.35	E/C
Split	Coastal waters	07, 21, 28	05.45, 12.45, 19.45	E/C
Dubrovnik	Coastal waters	04, 07	06.25, 13.20, 21.20	E/C
HMO	Coastal waters	67, 69, 73	Every 10 min.	Ger/E/C
Navtex	Area	Channel	Universal Time	Language
Split (Q)	Coastal waters	518	from 02.40, then every 4 h	E

Turkey

Radio	Area	Frequency	Universal Time	Language
Bandirma	Turkish coast	478	07.00, 19.00	E/T
Bandirma	Turkish coast	6965.5	07.00, 19.00	E

Forecasts areas

Time conversion

For convenience in human affairs, the world is divided in 24 time zones of 15° each.
Time zone 0 is limited by 7½° W and 7½° E (Portugal, England and Ireland) and local time

in this zone is by definition Universal Time (UT)

.
View the World wide time zone map.

Greece is 2 hours ahead of Universal Time (UT+2).
Like most states in Europe, Summer Time or Daylight Saving Time is observed in Greece, shifting time forward on the last Sunday in March by 1 hour: (UT+3).
After the Summer months (on the last Sunday in October) the time is shifted back by 1 hour: (UT+2).

“God gave watches to the Europeans and time to the Greeks"

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