Editing Western European Summer Time (section)

==Usage==
The following countries and territories use UTC+01:00 during the summer, between 1:00 UTC on the last Sunday of March and 1:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October.

*[[Canary Islands]], regularly since 1980 (rest of Spain is [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]], i.e. [[UTC+02:00]])
*[[Faroe Islands]], regularly since 1981
* [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
** 1916–1939 summers IST
** 1940–1946 all year IST
** 1947–1968 summers IST
** 1968–1971 all year IST
** 1972– summers IST
* [[Portugal]]
** [[Continental Portugal]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hora Legal em Portugal Continental [Standard and Summer Time in Continental Portugal]|url=http://oal.ul.pt/documentos/hora-legal-desde-1911.pdf|publisher=[[Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon]]|access-date=20 May 2014|language=pt}}</ref>
*** 1916–1921 summers WEST
*** 1924 summer WEST
*** 1926–1929 summers WEST
*** 1931–1932 summers WEST
*** 1934–1941 summers WEST
*** 1942–1945 summers WEST (1942–1945 midsummers Western European Midsummer Time|WEMT<ref>{{cite web|title=Time Changes in Lisbon over the years (1925–1949); Time Zone in Lisbon, Portugal|url=http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/portugal/lisbon|publisher=timeanddate.com|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://statoids.com/tpt.html|title= Time Zones of Portugal|last1= Law|first1= Gwillim|date= 30 May 2001|website= Statoids |access-date= 20 May 2014}}</ref>=WEST+1)
*** 1946–1966 summers WEST
*** 1966–1976 all year WEST/[[Central European Time|CET]]
*** 1977–1992 summers WEST
*** 1992–1996 winters WEST/CET (1993–1995 summers [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]])
*** 1996– summers WEST
** [[Madeira]], regularly since 1982<ref>{{cite web|title=Decreto Regional n.º 5/82/M, de 3 de Abril [Regional Decree 5/82/M, 3 April 1982]|url=https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1982/04/07800/07770778.pdf|work=Diário da República, I Série, n.º 78, 7 de Abril de 1982|access-date=20 May 2014|pages=777–778|language=pt|date=7 April 1982}}</ref>
* The [[United Kingdom]]
** 1916–1939 summers BST
** 1940–1945 all year BST (1941–1945 summers BDST=BST+1)
** 1946 summer BST
** 1947 summer BST (1947 midsummer BDST=BST+1)
** 1948–1968 summers BST
** 1968–1971 all year BST
** 1972– summers BST

===Ireland===
{{main|Time in Ireland}}
In Ireland, since the Standard Time (Amendment) Act, 1971, Ireland has used [[UTC+01:00|UTC+1]] in summer (officially "standard time",<ref>
{{Cite web |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1968/en/act/pub/0023/index.html |title=Standard Time Act, 1968 |publisher=Attorney General |work=[[Irish Statute Book]] |date=15 July 1968}}
</ref> {{langx|ga|am caighdeánach}},<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://focal.ie/Search.aspx?term=Standard+Time|title=Standard time|work=[[Focal (lexicographical website)|Focal]]|access-date=17 August 2012}}
</ref> though usually called "summer time") and [[UTC+00:00|UTC+0]] in winter (officially "winter time").<ref>
{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1971/en/act/pub/0017/index.html |title=Standard Time (Amendment) Act, 1971 |publisher=Attorney General |work=Irish Statute Book |date=20 July 1971}}
</ref>

===Portugal===
{{main|Time in Portugal}}
[[Portugal]] moved to Central European Time and Central European Summer Time in 1992, but reverted to Western European Time in 1996 after concluding that energy savings were small, it had a disturbing effect on children's sleeping habits as it would not get dark until 22:00 or 22:30 in summer evenings, during winter mornings the sun was still rising at 9:00, with repercussions on standards of learning and school performance, and insurance companies reported a rise in the number of accidents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?gid=2006-03-24b.478.0 |title=Lighter Evenings (Experiment) Bill [HL]}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
{{Main|British Summer Time}}

Starting in 1916, the dates for the beginning and end of BST each year were mandated by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. From 1940 to 1945, the country used British Summer Time in the winter months and British Double Summer Time, a further hour ahead of GMT, in the summer months. From 1968 to 1971, the country used BST throughout the year. In February 2002, the Summer Time Order 2002<ref name="SummerTime2002">{{Cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2002/20020262.htm |title=Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 262—The Summer Time Order 2002}}</ref> changed the dates and times to match European rules for moving to and from daylight saving time.