Western European 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 

Western European Summer Time is also known by other names:
 British Summer Time (BST) in the United Kingdom.
 Irish Standard Time (IST) ( (ACÉ)) in Ireland. This is sometimes called 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. During the winter, Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) is used.

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Category:Time zones