Western European Summer Time (WEST, UTC+01:00) is a summer

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scheme, 1 hour ahead of

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and

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. It is used in: * the Canary Islands *

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) * the

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The following countries also use the same time zone for their daylight saving time but use a different title: *

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, which uses British Summer Time (BST) *

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, which uses

Irish Standard Time Ireland uses Irish Standard Time (IST, UTC+01:00; ga, Am Caighdeánach Éireannach) in the summer months and Greenwich Mean Time ( UTC+00:00; ''Meán-Am Greenwich'') in the winter period. (Roughly half of the state is in the 7.5°W to 22.5° ...

(IST) ( (ACÉ)). Also sometimes erroneously referred to as "Irish Summer Time" (). 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+00:00. During the winter,

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(WET, GMT+0 or UTC±00:00) is used. The start and end dates of the scheme are asymmetrical in terms of daylight hours: the

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time of year with a similar amount of daylight to late October is mid-February, well before the start of summer time. The asymmetry reflects temperature more than the length of daylight. Ireland observes Irish Standard Time during the summer months and changes to UTC±00:00 in winter. As Ireland's winter time period begins on the last Sunday in October and finishes on the last Sunday in March, the result is the same as if it observed summer time.

Usage

The following countries and territories use UTC+01:00 during the summer, between 1:00 UTC on the last Sunday of March and 1:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October. * Canary Islands, regularly since 1980 (rest of Spain is CEST, i.e. UTC+02:00) *

, regularly since 1981 *

** 1916–1939 summers IST ** 1940–1946 all year IST ** 1947–1968 summers IST ** 1968–1971 all year IST ** 1972– summers IST *

** Continental Portugal *** 1916–1921 summers WEST *** 1924 summer WEST *** 1926–1929 summers WEST *** 1931–1932 summers WEST *** 1934–1941 summers WEST *** 1942–1945 summers WEST (1942–1945 midsummers Western European Midsummer Time, WEMT=WEST+1) *** 1946–1966 summers WEST *** 1966–1976 all year WEST/

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*** 1977–1992 summers WEST *** 1992–1996 winters WEST/CET (1993–1995 summers CEST) *** 1996– summers WEST ** Madeira, regularly since 1982 * The

** 1916–1939 summers BST ** 1940–1945 all year BST (1941–1945 summers BDST=BST+1) ** 1946 summer BST ** 1947 summer BST (1947 midsummer BDST=BST+1) ** 1948–1968 summers BST ** 1968–1971 all year BST ** 1972– summers BST

Ireland

In Ireland, since the Standard Time (Amendment) Act, 1971, Ireland has used

UTC+1 UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in: *Central European Time *West Africa Time *Western European Summer Time **B ...

in summer (officially "standard time", ga, am caighdeánach, though usually called "summer time") and

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in winter (officially "winter time").

Portugal

moved to Central European Time and Central European Summer Time in 1992, but reverted to Western European Time in 1996 after concluding that energy savings were small, it had a disturbing effect on children's sleeping habits as it would not get dark until 22:00 or 22:30 in summer evenings, during winter mornings the sun was still rising at 9:00, with repercussions on standards of learning and school performance, and insurance companies reported a rise in the number of accidents.

United Kingdom

Starting in 1916, the dates for the beginning and end of BST each year were mandated by the

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. From 1940 to 1945, the country used British Summer Time in the winter months and British Double Summer Time, a further hour ahead of GMT, in the summer months. From 1968 to 1971, the country used BST throughout the year. In February 2002, the Summer Time Order 2002 changed the dates and times to match European rules for moving to and from daylight saving time.

Start and end dates of British Summer Time and Irish Standard Time

Note: Until 1 October 1916 time in all of Ireland was based on Dublin Mean Time, GMT − 25 minutes.

References

External links

A Brief History of BST/DSTHistory of legal time in BritainBBC News report
Safety call as clocks go back.
BBC News report
Tundra time call in clocks debate.
UK Government Report
Overview of the pros and cons of British Summer Time.

RoSPA calls for switch to lighter nights to save lives

(Updated March 2008) * ttp://www.npl.co.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.2714 Dates when BST began and endedbr>UNIX 'zoneinfo' file for Europe
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