what is the time zone in france?
Central European Time UTC+01:00
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 Western France , Spain , and other areas skew time zones and shift clocks , in effect observing DST in winter with an extra hour in summer . Nome , Alaska , is at 165 ° 24 ′ W longitude , which is just west of center of the idealized Samoa Time Zone ( 165 ° W ) , but Nome observes Alaska Time ( 135 ° W ) with DST , so it is slightly more than two hours ahead of the sun in winter and three in summer . Double daylight saving time has been used on occasion ; for example , it was used in some European countries during and shortly after World War II when it was referred to as " Double Summer Time " . See British Double Summer Time and Central European Midsummer Time for details . 

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 It was also decided that the race would start at 3 : 00 pm local time , one hour earlier than the normal 4 : 00 pm , to allow French spectators more time to vote in the 17 June French legislative election . 

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 Note : For consistency reasons , all times have been converted to Central European Time . 

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 Concorde 's technical leap forward boosted the public 's understanding of conflicts between technology and the environment as well as awareness of the complex decision analysis processes that surround such conflicts . In France , the use of acoustic fencing alongside TGV tracks might not have been achieved without the 1970s controversy over aircraft noise . In the UK , the CPRE has issued tranquillity maps since 1990 . 

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 French National Meteorological Service 
