Time in Iceland

Time in Iceland is given by UTC±00:00. Iceland does not have an associated daylight saving time. Iceland adopted UTC±00:00 in 1968. Although Iceland observes UTC±00:00, the westernmost part of Iceland lies in the nominal UTC−02:00 zone, and the majority of Iceland, including Reykjavík, lies in the nominal UTC−01:00. Nevertheless, Iceland uses UTC±00:00 in order to be in sync with Europe. Icelandic health experts have noted that these gives Icelandic teenagers social jet lag, which is misalignment of biological and social time. Despite this, the Icelandic government has announced it would not be switching time zones.

Time in Iceland

Time in Iceland is given by UTC±00:00. Iceland does not have an associated daylight saving time. Iceland adopted UTC±00:00 in 1968. Although Iceland observes UTC±00:00, the westernmost part of Iceland lies in the nominal UTC−02:00 zone, and the majority of Iceland, including Reykjavík, lies in the nominal UTC−01:00. Nevertheless, Iceland uses UTC±00:00 in order to be in sync with Europe. Icelandic health experts have noted that these gives Icelandic teenagers social jet lag, which is misalignment of biological and social time. Despite this, the Icelandic government has announced it would not be switching time zones.