Western European Time. Western European Time (WET, UTC+00:00) is a time zone covering parts of western Europe and consists of countries using UTC+00:00 (also known as Greenwich Mean Time, abbreviated GMT). It is one of the three standard time zones in the European Union along with Central European Time and Eastern European Time. The following Western European countries and regions use UTC+00:00 in winter months: Portugal, since 1912 with pauses (except Azores, UTC???01:00) United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies, since 1847 in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, and since 1916 in Northern Ireland, with pauses Ireland, since 1916, except between 1968 and 1971 Canary Islands, since 1946 (rest of Spain is CET, UTC+01:00) Faroe Islands, since 1908 North Eastern Greenland (Danmarkshavn and surrounding area) Iceland, since 1968, without summer time changes All the above countries except...