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Atlantic/Canary

Atlantic/Canary is the IANA time zone for Canary Islands in Spain.

UTC+01:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+1 WEST

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+00:00
Daylight offset
UTC+01:00
Rule
Daylight saving time from the last Sunday in March at 01:00 to the last Sunday in October at 02:00 (local time).

Next clock changes

  • Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 02:00: back to UTC+0 (WEST → WET)
  • Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 01:00: forward to UTC+1 (WET → WEST)

Names

Generic name
Western European Time
Abbreviation
WET / WEST
Standard / daylight
Western European Standard Time / Western European Summer Time

Use it in code

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Atlantic/Canary' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Atlantic/Canary')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Atlantic/Canary';

Cities in Atlantic/Canary

Also in this zone: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, La Laguna, Telde.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1979: UTC+0
  • 1980–2026: UTC+0 and UTC+1 each year

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