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West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in west-central Africa. [1] West Africa Time is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC+01:00 ), which aligns it with Central European Time (CET) during winter, and Western European Summer Time (WEST) / British Summer Time (BST) during summer.
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries.
This is a list representing time zones by country. Countries are ranked by total number of time zones on their territory. Time zones of a country include that of dependent territories (except Antarctic claims).
The time zone in Germany is Central European Time (Mitteleuropäische Zeit, MEZ; UTC+01:00) and Central European Summer Time (Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit, MESZ; UTC+02:00). Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST). The doubled hour during the switch back to standard ...
AIX-specific equivalent of Central European Time [NB 1] UTC+01:00: EASST: Easter Island Summer Time: UTC−05:00: EAST: Easter Island Standard Time: UTC−06:00: EAT: East Africa Time: UTC+03:00: ECT: Eastern Caribbean Time (does not recognise DST) UTC−04:00: ECT: Ecuador Time: UTC−05:00: EDT: Eastern Daylight Time (North America) UTC−04: ...
The nominal span of the UTC+00:00 time zone is 7.5°E to 7.5°W (0° ± 7.5°), but does not include the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Gibraltar or Spain (except Canary Islands) which use Central European Time (CET) even though these are mostly or completely west of 7.5°E. Conversely, Iceland and eastern Greenland use UTC+00:00 ...
Time in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is denoted by Central European Time (CET; Midden-Europese Tijd) during the winter as standard time in the Netherlands, which is one hour ahead of coordinated universal time (), and Central European Summer Time (CEST) during the summer as daylight saving time, which is two hours ahead of coordinated universal time (). [1]
The electrical telegraph was introduced in Switzerland in 1851, which allowed near real-time communication, especially amongst post offices.By July 1853, all telegraph and post offices across Switzerland were using Bernese time, [2] a local mean time measured from the Zytglogge clocktower [3] at UTC+00:29:45.5.