What is Western European Summer Time?
:'''''BST''' redirects here, for the Bangladeshi time zone, see [[Bangladesh Standard Time]]'' {{Time zones of Europe}} '''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)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acts.ie/zza23y1968.1.html |title=Standard Time Act, 1968 |access-date=2008-08-21 |archive-date=2007-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119223247/http://www.acts.ie/zza23y1968.1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{lang|ga|Am Caighdeánach na hÉireann}} (ACÉ)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acts.ie/ga.act.1968.0023.1.html |title=AN TACHT UM AM CAIGHDEÁNACH, 1968 |access-date=2008-08-21 |archive-date=2011-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103155812/http://www.acts.ie/ga.act.1968.0023.1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>) in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. This is sometimes called '''Irish Summer Time''' ({{lang|ga|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. ==References== {{reflist}} {{multistub|science|Europe}} [[Category:Time zones]]