Western European Summer Time
daylight savings time zone
(Redirected from British Summer Time)
- BST redirects here, for the Bangladeshi time zone, see Bangladesh Standard Time
Western European Summer Time (WEST) is a summer daylight saving time scheme, 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in the following places:
- the Canary Islands
- the Faroe Islands
- the Republic of Ireland
- the Crown dependencies
- the Madeira islands
- Continental Portugal
- the United Kingdom
- Morocco in North Africa
| Light Blue | Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
| Blue | Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
| Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time (UTC+1) | |
| Red | Central European Time (UTC+1) |
| Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) | |
| Yellow | Eastern European Time / Kaliningrad Time (UTC+2) |
| Ochre | Eastern European Time (UTC+2) |
| Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) | |
| Green | Moscow Time / Turkey Time (UTC+3) |
| Turquoise | Armenia Time / Azerbaijan Time / Georgia Time / Samara Time (UTC+4) |
▉▉▉ Dark colours: Summer time observed
Western European Summer Time is also known by other names:
- British Summer Time (BST) in the United Kingdom.
- Irish Standard Time (IST)[1] (Am Caighdeánach na hÉireann (ACÉ)[2]) in Ireland. This is sometimes called Irish Summer Time (Am Samhraidh na hÉireann).
The scheme runs from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October each year. At both the start and end of the schemes, clock changes take place at 01:00 UTC. During the winter, Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) is used.
References
change- ↑ "Standard Time Act, 1968". Archived from the original on 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- ↑ "AN TACHT UM AM CAIGHDEÁNACH, 1968". Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
