European time zones5/16/2023 ![]() ![]() However, as of October 2022 the proposal has not been confirmed by the European Union and is unlikely to go into effect this year. The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have voted to end the use of daylight saving time or summer time in the European Union in 2021. ![]() In addition, some local communities in Europe may not follow the official time zone rules. Iceland and portions of Greenland do not observe daylight saving time. Throughout the United Kingdom in the countries of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, Summer Time is referred to as British Summer Time (BST). Western European Standard Time (WET) becomes Western European Summer Time (WEST), Central European Time (CET) becomes Central European Summer Time (CEST) and Eastern European Time (EET) becomes Eastern European Summer Time (EEST). The names in each time zone change along with Summer Time. On the last Sunday in October areas on Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) return to Standard Time at 1:00 am UTC/GMT. In Europe Daylight Saving Time is commonly referred to as Summer Time. Western European Standard Time is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), however, during periods when Daylight Saving Time is in use, Western European Summer Time is one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. ![]() From west to east the time zones are Western European Time (WET) which is UTC/GMT +0, Central European Time (CET) which is UTC/GMT+1 and Eastern European Time (EET) which is UTC/GMT +2. Most of Europe uses three standard time zones. ![]()
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