UTC+00:00
Appearance
UTC±0 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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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:
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
Atlantic Islands
Greenland
- northeastern
- Danmarkshavn and surrounding area
- northeastern
Iceland
Saint Helena (UK) (including Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha)
Bouvet Island (Norway)
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).
As standard time (Northern Hemisphere winter only)
Alderney
Faroe Islands
Guernsey
Herm
Ireland (de facto/not legally)
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).
As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer only)
Greenland - an eastern region around Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund)
Portugal - the Azores only