Western European Summer Time

E19141

daylight saving time time zone

Western European Summer Time is the daylight saving time observed in parts of Western Europe, including countries like Portugal, typically one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+1).

Aliases (1)

European Union daylight saving time system ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	daylight saving time → time zone →
abbreviation	WEST →
appliesToCountry	Ireland → Morocco → Portugal → Spain → United Kingdom →
appliesToRegion	Azores (historically) → Canary Islands → Madeira →
appliesToTerritory	Channel Islands → Gibraltar → Isle of Man →
endDayRule	last Sunday of October →
endMonth	October →
endRuleRegion	European Union →
endTimeLocal	01:00 UTC →
followsStandardTime	Western European Time →
IANAZoneExample	Atlantic/Canary → Europe/Dublin → Europe/Lisbon → Europe/London →
isAlsoKnownAs	British Summer Time (in the United Kingdom context) →
isCoordinatedWith	Central European Summer Time → Eastern European Summer Time →
isDaylightSavingTimeFor	Western European Time →
isOneHourAheadOf	Greenwich Mean Time (when GMT is used as winter time) →
isPartOf	European Union daylight saving time system →
isUsedFor	energy saving → extended evening daylight →
isUsedInBroadcastScheduling	yes →
isUsedInTransportTimetables	yes →
legalBasisRegion	European Union directives on summer time →
observedBy	member states of the European Union in the Western European Time zone →
offsetHoursAheadOfUTC	1 →
revertsToStandardTime	Western European Time →
startDayRule	last Sunday of March →
startMonth	March →
startRuleRegion	European Union →
startTimeLocal	01:00 UTC →
timeAheadOf	Coordinated Universal Time →
typicalObservationPeriod	from late March to late October →
usedInHemisphere	Northern Hemisphere →
usedInSeason	summer →
UTCOffset	UTC+01:00 →

Referenced by (75)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alcoutim → Alentejo → Algarve → Aljezur → Beira Litoral → Belém → Cabanas de Tavira → Canary Islands → Coimbra → Coimbra District → Comunidade Intermunicipal do Algarve → County Cork → Covas do Douro → Estremoz → Faro → Faro Airport → Faro Airport → La Gomera → La Graciosa → La Palma Airport → Lagos (Portugal) → Las Palmas de Gran Canaria → Lisbon → Lisbon Airport → Monte Gordo → Municipality of Faro → Municipality of Loulé → Olhos de Água → Olhão → Porto → Sagres → Santa Cruz de Tenerife → Santiago parish (Tavira) → Sines → Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport → Tenerife South Airport → Tunes → Vila Nova de Cacela → Vila Real District →	timeZoneDST
Bailiff of Jersey → Batalha, Portugal → Blackrock Village → Fuerteventura Airport → Lisbon Military Region → Lisbon Oriente railway station → Municipality of Albufeira → Municipality of Olhão → Olhão railway station → Prazeres Cemetery → Quinta das Lágrimas → Tavira railway station → Torre do Pinhão →	locatedInTimeZone
El Hierro → Gran Canaria → La Palma → Municipality of São Brás de Alportel → Portugal → mainland Portugal → Évora District →	timeZone
Faro Airport → Las Palmas Naval Base → Quarteira → Tavira → Vila Real de Santo António →	timezoneDST
Municipality of Aljezur → Municipality of Castro Marim → Municipality of Vila do Bispo →	observesDaylightSavingTime
Paços → Santo António Beach →	isInTimeZone
Fuerteventura → Tenerife →	summerTimeZone
Santa Maria parish (Tavira) →	hasTimezone
Municipality of Alcoutim →	hasTimezoneDST
Western European Summer Time ("European Union daylight saving time system") →	isPartOf
Portimão railway station →	locatedInSummerTimeZone