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Quick answers

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12:00 pm12:00 WET (UTC+0), Nov 14, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 LMT (UTC+0), Nov 14, 2026

WET and LMT have the same local time.

WEST and LMT examples

These examples always use WEST (UTC+1) and LMT (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

WEST is 1 hour ahead of LMT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, WEST is 1 hour ahead of LMT. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, and from Oct 31, 2027 to Mar 26, 2028, WET and LMT have the same time.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WEST correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in LMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WET correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in LMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in WEST correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in LMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in WET correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in LMT.

Compare WEST time with LMT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Western European Time and Local Mean Time have the same local time.
12:00 pm12:00 in WET is 12:00 pm12:00 in LMT

WET to LMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in WET which corresponds to 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in LMT.

12:00 pm12:00 Western European Time (WET). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Local Mean Time (LMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

12:00 pm12:00 WET / 12:00 pm12:00 LMT

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Western European Summer Time

Offset: WEST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Faroe Islands, Portugal, Spain

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WEST time zone is Lisbon in Portugal, with about 517,802 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Braga.

German: WESZ - Westeuropäische Sommerzeit

Map of the areas on Western European Summer Time (WEST)
WEST part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC+0 (WET).

Daylight Saving: Western European Summer Time (WEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Western European Time (WET).

123456789101112End: Western European Summer Time (WEST) ended on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

123456789101112Start: Western European Summer Time (WEST) starts on Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 28, 2027, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

See Portugal daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

WEST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for WEST
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects WEST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Atlantic/Canary
  • Atlantic/Faeroe
  • Atlantic/Faroe
  • Atlantic/Madeira
  • Europe/Lisbon
  • Portugal
  • WET
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time

Local Mean Time

Offset: LMT is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is the successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but UTC is the standard the scientific community uses.
UTC has been the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, such as aviation and meteorology, and to synchronize time across internet networks.

LMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for LMT
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone