Western European Time

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Time zones of Europe:

blue	Western European Time (UTC; UTC+1 in summer).
red	Central European Time (UTC+1; UTC+2 in summer).
green	Eastern European Time (UTC+2; UTC+3 in summer).
khaki	Moscow Time (UTC+3; UTC+4 in summer).

Dark colours indicate countries observing daylight saving

Western European Time (WET) is the time zone covering parts of western and northwestern Europe, including the following countries and regions:

Canary Islands (rest of Spain is CET, i.e. UTC+1)
Faroe Islands
northeastern Greenland (Danmarkshavn and surrounding area)
Iceland (does not observe a Summer Time)
Portugal (except Azores, minus 1 hour)
The Republic of Ireland (where the terms GMT and IST are used)
The United Kingdom (including England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales plus the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, where the terms GMT and BST are used)

During winter months, WET corresponds to Universal Time (UTC); however in the summer, most (but not all) of the above places move one hour ahead to Western European Summer Time (UTC+1). Officially the Republic of Ireland is on UTC+1, but goes to UTC in winter, and for all practical purposes uses the same time as the United Kingdom. There have been calls recently for the UK, particularly England and Wales, to change to CET.

UTC (sometimes called Zulu time or Z time and formerly called Greenwich Mean Time) also covers part of west Africa:

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