 Greenland
Country of Greenland
Greenland is the largest island on Earth. The country forms part of the North
American continent. From Cape Farewell in the south to the world's northernmost
landmass, Odak Island, there is a distance of 2,670 kilometres (1,669 miles).Measured
across, the island stretches 1,050 kilometres at its widest point. Out of
Greenland's 2,175,600 square kilometres, 1,833,900 are covered by inland ice,
corresponding to 85% of the country – the ice-free area only covers a total of
341,700 square kilometres.
The northern location and extensive width of the northernmost
part of Greenland places it in four time zones. For practical reasons, however,
GMT -3 is used as the country's official time. Summer time (daylight saving
time) and winter time follow the European Union system.
What is the current time in
Greenland?
Central Greenland:
Godthab / Nuuk
Greenland Standard Time:
GMT-3
Greenland Summer (Daylight Saving) Time:
GMT-2
European Standard Time
Date schedule
European clocks on Summer / Daylight Saving Time
until: Sunday 28 October 2012 01:00 GMT
Other Time
Zones in Greenland
Greenland - Danmarkshavn Area
Danmarkshavn Area means a small area in the northeast including Germania Land
and Store Koldewey Island.
Standard Time:
GMT
(all year)
East Greenland - Ittoqqortoormiit /
Scoresbysund
Ittoqqortoormiit Area essentially means the peninsula on the east coast of
Greenland that includes Scoresby Land, Jameson Land, and Liverpool Land.
Standard Time:
GMT-1
Summer Time:
GMT
West Greenland -
Qaanaaq / Thule / Pituffik air base
Pituffik Area means the Hayes Peninsula, roughly from Savissivik to Etah,
including Dundas and Thule.
Standard Time:
GMT-4
No Summer Time
 Greenland has
4 Standard Time zones:
-
East Greenland / Scoresbysund is one one
behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-1). It conforms to EU Daylight
saving Time rules when the time is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
-
Central Greenland (Greenland Time) Godthab /
Nuuk is 3 hours behind
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-3). It conforms to EU Daylight saving
Time rules when the time is 2 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-2)
-
W Greenland / Thule / Pituffik air base
which is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-4). No Daylight
saving Time is observed.
-
Danmarkshavn operates GMT all year round
| Danish
Name |
Inuit
Name |
| Dundas |
Pituffik |
| Thule |
Qaanaaq |
| Scoresbysund |
Ittoqqortoormiit |
| Constable Pynt |
Nerlerit Inaat |
| Godthĺb |
Nuuk |
| 
