WEST time now (Western European Summer Time)

What WEST means

WEST stands for Western European Summer Time, UTC+1. It is used in Portugal, the Canary Islands and the Faroe Islands.

It is a summer time: the daylight saving form of WET (UTC+0), one hour ahead. In Lisbon it applies from March to October/November: from the last Sunday of March at 1:00 AM to the last Sunday of October at 2:00 AM.

Where and when WEST is used

4 zones use it for part of the year only, switching back to standard time in the other months. Computed from tzdata under the current rules.

How long WEST has been used

In the tzdata record, Lisbon has used WEST since 1916, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has used WEST since 1980 and Tórshavn has used WEST since 1981.

WEST in the past

Zones whose tzdata history shows WEST before 2025 but that no longer use it:

• Atlantic/Azores (Azores): 1993
• Africa/Algiers (Algiers): 1916–1980
• Africa/Ceuta (Melilla): 1918–1978
• Europe/Paris (Paris): 1916–1945
• Europe/Brussels (Brussels): 1919–1940
• Europe/Madrid (Madrid): 1918–1939

WEST converted to other zones

Every column is a fixed offset, so this table is valid on any date. Remember that the regions behind some columns switch to summer time (EST to EDT, CET to CEST, GMT to BST); the clock in those cities is then an hour later than the column.

Related zones and conversions

• WET time
• Europe/Lisbon time zone
• UTC+1 time
• Time zones of the world
• Daylight saving time
• Time zone converter