European time zones:

GMT – Greenwich Mean Time

Current time in London

Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 6:34:56 AM GMT

London will stay on GMT until Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 1:00 AM
when clocks are moved to Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 02:00:00 BST

Time zone offset: UTC

GMT is in the same time zone as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Note that some places observe daylight saving time/summer time during summer, and are therefore using BST (United Kingdom) or IST (Ireland) instead in the summer. See below for details.

Time zone abbreviations: GMT, UTC

Full name is Greenwich Mean Time
UTC – Coordinated Universal Time (Alternative)

Email time zone indicator: +0000

An email sent from someone in the GMT time zone will have the time zone listed as "+0000" in the headers of the email. (However, "+0000" does not have to be in GMT, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).

For actual dates DST might be observed, look at the examples below

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Where and when is GMT observed?

GMT is used all year in these European countries

Iceland

GMT is used during winter only in these European countries

Ireland
United Kingdom - main islands
England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

Time zone maps are under development and will be available later

Example locations in GMT

London - during winter
Dublin - during winter
Reykjavik - all year

Other time zones in Europe

Go directly through the links below, or see the Europe time zone list

BST - British Summer Time
IST - Irish Summer Time
WET - Western European Time
WEST - Western European Summer Time
CET - Central European Time
CEST - Central European Summer Time
EET - Eastern European Time
EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
MSK - Moscow Standard Time
MSD - Moscow Daylight Time

Time zones in other regions

More regions will be available later

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