WET time now (Western European Time)

What WET means

WET stands for Western European Time, UTC+0. It is used in Portugal, the Canary Islands and the Faroe Islands.

It is a standard (winter) time. Places on WET that observe daylight saving time switch to WEST (UTC+1) in summer, so WET is a fixed offset while the local clock is not.

Where and when WET is used

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

How long WET has been used

In the tzdata record, Tórshavn has used WET since 1908, Lisbon has used WET since 1912 and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has used WET since 1946.

WET in the past

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

• Atlantic/Azores (Azores): 1992–1993
• Africa/Ceuta (Melilla): 1901–1984
• Africa/Algiers (Algiers): 1911–1981
• Europe/Andorra (Andorra la Vella): 1900–1946
• Europe/Brussels (Brussels): 1892–1940
• Europe/Madrid (Madrid): 1901–1940
• Europe/Paris (Paris): 1911–1940

WET 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

• WEST time
• Europe/Lisbon time zone
• UTC time
• Time zones of the world
• Daylight saving time
• Time zone converter