How do time zones and daylight hours change across an Ireland trip?
The whole island keeps one time, the same as Britain, and crossing the border changes nothing on your watch. Ireland sits on Greenwich Mean Time in winter and moves to Irish Standard Time, one hour ahead, from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. Daylight is the change that catches visitors out. Dublin gets about seven and a half hours of it in mid December, with sunset just after 4pm, and close to seventeen hours in late June, when it stays light past 10pm. The further north and west you go in summer, the longer the evening stretches. Plan winter sightseeing around the short day, not around the clock change, which phones handle on their own.
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