Western European Time

• Portugal, since 1912 with pauses (except Azores, UTC−01:00)^[4]
• United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies, since 1847 in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, and since 1916 in Northern Ireland, with pauses^[5][6][7]
• Ireland, since 1916,^[8] except between 1968 and 1971^[9]
• Canary Islands, since 1946 (rest of Spain is CET, UTC+01:00)^[10]
• Faroe Islands, since 1908^[11]
• North Eastern Greenland (Danmarkshavn and surrounding area)^[12]
• Iceland, since 1968, without summer time changes^[13]

All the above countries except Iceland

The nominal span of the UTC±00:00 time zone is 7.5°E to 7.5°W (0° ± 7.5°), but does not include the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Gibraltar or Spain (except Canary Islands) which use Central European Time (CET) even though these are mostly or completely west of 7.5°E. Conversely, Iceland and eastern Greenland use UTC±00:00 although both are west of 7.5°W. In September 2013, a Spanish parliamentary committee recommended switching to UTC±00:00.^[16][17][18]

Historical uses

A slight variation of UTC±00:00, based until 1911 on the

• Andorra: 1901–1946^[19]
• Belgium: 1892–1914 (without daylight saving time)^[20][21] and 1919–1940 (with daylight saving time)^[22]
• France: 1911–1940^[23] and 1944–1945^[24]
• Gibraltar: 1880–1957^[25][26]
• Luxembourg: 1918–1940^[27][28]
• Monaco: 1911–1945^[29][30]

Until the

In the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 British Summer Time (BST=CET) was used in winters, and from 1941 to 1945 and again in 1947, British Double Summer Time (BDST=CEST) was used in summers. Between 18 February 1968 and 31 October 1971, BST was used all year round.^[33][34]

In Ireland, from 1940 to 1946

Regions located outside UTC longitudes

Located west of 22°30′ W ("physical" UTC−2)

• Western parts of Iceland

Located west of 7°30′ W ("physical" UTC-1)

• Most of Iceland
• Mykines, Faroe Islands
• Western Ireland
• Western Portugal
• Madeira islands
• Canary Islands
• North-eastern Greenland
• Western parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland

Areas located within UTC+00:00 longitudes using other time zones

These areas are actually located between 7°30′E and 7°30′W (nominally UTC+0) but use UTC+01:00 (Central European Time, nominally for longitudes between 7°30′E and 22°30′E):

All of

• Andorra
• Belgium
• Luxembourg
• Monaco
• Netherlands

and most of

• France
• Spain

and minor parts of other countries.

References