Western European Summer Time facts for kids

BST redirects here, for the Bangladeshi time zone, see Bangladesh Standard Time

Time zones of Europe in relation to UTC:

blue	Western European Time (UTC+0) Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)
light blue	Western European Time (UTC+0)
red	Central European Time (UTC+1) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
yellow	Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)
orange	Kaliningrad Time (UTC+3)
green	Further-eastern European Time (UTC+3), a.k.a. Moscow Time

Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer 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) (Am Caighdeánach na hÉireann (ACÉ)) in Ireland. This is sometimes called Irish Summer Time (Am Samhraidh na hÉireann).

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.

See also

In Spanish: Horario de verano de Europa occidental para niños