UTC±00:00
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Time zones of Europe:
Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time: Algeria, Belarus, Iceland, Russia, Tunisia.
| light blue | Western European Time (UTC+0) |
| blue | Western European Time (UTC+0) Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00) |
| red | Central European Time (UTC+01:00) Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) |
| yellow | Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00) |
| orange | Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00) |
| light green | Moscow Time (UTC+04:00) |
Time zones of Africa:
Striped colours indicate countries observing daylight saving
| black | UTC-1: Cape Verde Time. |
| green | UTC: Western European Time · Greenwich Mean Time. |
| blue | UTC+1: Central European Time · West Africa Time · Western European Summer Time. |
| red | UTC+2: Eastern European Time · Central Africa Time · West Africa Summer Time · South African Standard Time. |
| yellow | UTC+3: Eastern European Summer Time · East Africa Time. |
| grey | UTC+4: Mauritius Time · Seychelles Time. |
UTC±0:00 is the following time:
- Coordinated Universal Time, the basis for the world's civil time, occasionally referred to by the name of its predecessor, Greenwich Mean Time.
- Western European Time (Ireland, Portugal, UK).
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[edit] As standard time (all year round)
The following is a list of places that use UTC as their standard time zone, but do not observe Daylight saving time:
[edit] West Africa
- Burkina Faso
- Côte d'Ivoire
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
- Western Sahara
[edit] Atlantic Islands
- Greenland
- northeastern
- Danmarkshavn and surrounding area
- northeastern
- Iceland
- Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha (to UK)
Notes:
- The westernmost point where UTC with no DST is applied is Bjargtangar, at the northwest peninsula of Iceland (24°32' W). Time used there is 1 hour and 38 minutes ahead of physical time. This is the greatest deviation from physical time for UTC with no DST.
- The easternmost locale where UTC with no DST is applied is Bouvet Island, of Norwegian jurisdiction, at the South Atlantic Ocean (3°24' E).
[edit] As standard time (Northern Hemisphere winter only)
- Alderney
- Faroe Islands
- Guernsey
- Herm
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Jersey
- Portugal (with the exception of the Azores, which use UTC−01 with DST)
- Sark
- Spain (only Canary Islands; observes European Union DST rules)
- Morocco
- United Kingdom (GMT / BST)
Notes:
- The westernmost point where UTC with DST is applied is El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain (18°00' W). Time used there is 2 hours and 12 minutes ahead of physical time in the summer, making for the greatest discrepancy in the UTC time zone.
- The easternmost settlement where UTC with DST is applied is Lowestoft in Suffolk, East Anglia, England (at just 1°45' E).
[edit] As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer only)
- Greenland - an eastern region around Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund)
- Portugal - the Azores only
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