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- Coordinated Universal Time, the basis for the world's civil time, frequently referred to by the name of its predecessor, Greenwich Mean Time
- Western European Time
As Standard time (all year round)
The following is a list of places that use UTC as their standard time zone, but do not observe Daylight saving time:
West Africa
Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Western Sahara
Altantic Islands
Greenland
- northeastern
- Danmarkshavn and surrounding area
- northeastern
Iceland
Saint Helena (UK) (including Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha)
Notes:
- The westernmost point where UTC with no DST is applied is Bjargtangar, at the northwest peninsula of Iceland (24 32' W). Time used there is 1 hour and 38 minutes ahead of physical time. This is the greatest deviation from physical time for UTC with no DST
- The easternmost locale where UTC with no DST is applied is Bouvet Island, of Norwegian jurisdiction, at the South Atlantic Ocean (3 24′ E)
As Standard Time (Northern Hemisphere Winter only)
Faroe Islands
Guernsey
Republic of Ireland
Isle of Man
Jersey
Portugal (with the exception of the Azores, which use UTC-1 with DST)
Spain (only Canary Islands; observes European Union DST rules)
United Kingdom (GMT / BST)
Notes:
- The westernmost point where UTC with DST is applied is El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain (18 00' W). Time used there is 2 hours and 12 minutes ahead of physical time in the summer, making for the greatest discrepancy in the UTC time zone
- The easternmost settlement where UTC with DST is applied is Lowestoft in Suffolk, East Anglia, England (at just 1 45' E)
As Daylight Savings Time (Northern Hemisphere Summer only)
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