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UTC±0 is the following time:

• 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 (UK, Portugal)

UTC: Blue (December), Orange (June), Yellow (all year round), Light Blue - Sea areas

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

Atlantic Islands

•  Greenland
  • northeastern
    • Danmarkshavn and surrounding area
•  Iceland
•  Saint Helena (UK) (including Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha)
• Bouvet Island (Norway)

Notes:

1. 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
2. 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)

•  Alderney
•  Faroe Islands
•  Guernsey
•  Herm
•  Ireland (de facto/not legally)
•  Isle of Man
•  Jersey
•  Portugal (with the exception of the Azores, which use UTC-1 with DST)
•  Sark
•  Spain (only Canary Islands; observes European Union DST rules)
•  United Kingdom (GMT / BST)

Notes:

1. 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
2. The easternmost settlement where UTC with DST is applied is Lowestoft in Suffolk, East Anglia, England (at just 1°45' E)

As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer only)

•  Greenland - an eastern region around Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund)
•  Portugal - the Azores only

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