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WEST/WET

Western European Summer Time

UTC+1

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Portugal is on summer time: WEST (UTC+1) until Sun, Oct 25.

Use WET all year (UTC+0)

EDT/EST

Eastern Daylight Time

UTC−4

5h behind

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Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.

Use EST all year (UTC−5)

Quick answers

Selected conversion

1:00 pm13:00 WEST (UTC+1), Oct 14, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 14, 2026

WEST is 5 hours ahead of EDT.

WET and EST (US winter time, UTC-5) examples

These examples always use WET (UTC+0) and EST (UTC-5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

WET is 5 hours ahead of EST.

EST is US Eastern winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year New York uses EDT (UTC-4), one hour later. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use WET to ET. For daylight-time examples, use WEST to EDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, WEST is 5 hours ahead of EDT. From Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2026, and from Mar 14 to Mar 28, 2027, WET is 4 hours ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, WET is 5 hours ahead of EST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WEST correspond to 4:00 am to 12:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WET correspond to 4:00 am to 12:00 pm in EST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WET correspond to 5:00 am to 1:00 pm in EDT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WEST correspond to 04:00 to 12:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WET correspond to 04:00 to 12:00 in EST or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in WET correspond to 05:00 to 13:00 in EDT.

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

Time Difference

Western European Summer Time is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in WEST is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT

WEST to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-5pm14:00-17:00 in WEST which corresponds to 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in EDT

1:00 pm13:00 Western European Summer Time (WEST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

1:00 pm13:00 WEST / 8:00 am08:00 EDT

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Western European Time

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

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

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WET 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: WEZ - Westeuropäische Zeit

Map of the areas on Western European Time (WET) — WET part of the year
Today the shaded areas are on UTC+1 (WEST).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Western European Summer Time (WEST).

End: Western European Time (WET) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

Start: Western European Time (WET) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

WET 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 WET
Z - short form of 'Zulu'

IANA/Olson: Reflects WET 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 +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

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Map of the areas on Eastern Standard Time (EST) — EST all year EST part of the year
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).
Open the world time zone map © OpenStreetMap

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.