The Republic of Poland is a country located in Central Europe, between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) to the north.
In 1999 Poland became a part of NATO and in 2004 Poland joined the European Union.
The capital of Poland is Warsaw .
conventional long form: Republic of Poland
conventional short form: Poland
local long form: Rzeczpospolita Polska
local short form: Polska Poland Time
Central European Standard Time = GMT+1
Central European Summer Time = GMT+2
Poland is in the Central European Time Zone . Central European Standard Time ( CET ) is 1 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT+1 ).
Like most states in Europe, Summer (Daylight-Saving) Time is observed in Poland, where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour; 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT+2 ).
After the Summer months the time in Poland is shifted back by 1 hour to Central European Time (CET) or ( GMT+1 )