
Timezone and DST in Ireland
Timezones are always computed by their difference to UTC, the "Universal Time Coordinated". In Ireland there is only a single tonezone at UTC+1. For example, New York is currently at UTC-4 in Eastern Time, so the time difference between New York and Ireland is 5 hours.The next clock change in Ireland will be on October 29th, 2023 at 0:00 to daylight saving time. The clocks are then set back one hour. The clocks are then set back one hour.
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Current time in all regions of Ireland:
00:00
May 2023
Only 1 nationwide time zone
Standard time: | UTC +0 | Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) |
Daylight saving time: | UTC +1 | Irish Summer Time (IST) |
Ireland has an east-west extension of 4.2 degrees of longitude. Given the country's location in Northern Europe, this corresponds to about 280 kilometers. With such a small extent the course of the sun at different positions in the country hardly matters. The position of the sun in the west of the country deviates from that in the east only about 17 minutes. This means the sun rises and sets 17 minutes later in the west than in the east.

The next clock changes in Ireland
Date | Local time | Change |
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Mar 26, 2023 | 3:00 am | 1 hour forward to winter time |
Oct 29, 2023 | 0:00 midnight | 1 hour back to daylight saving time |
Mar 31, 2024 | 3:00 am | 1 hour forward to winter time |
Oct 27, 2024 | 0:00 midnight | 1 hour back to daylight saving time |
Mar 30, 2025 | 3:00 am | 1 hour forward to winter time |
Oct 26, 2025 | 0:00 midnight | 1 hour back to daylight saving time |
Mar 29, 2026 | 3:00 am | 1 hour forward to winter time |
Oct 25, 2026 | 0:00 midnight | 1 hour back to daylight saving time |
Mar 28, 2027 | 3:00 am | 1 hour forward to winter time |