BST

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BST (British Summer Time) is the daylight saving time observed in the United Kingdom, set one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+1) during the summer months.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf daylight saving time
time standard
abbreviationFor British Summer Time
appliesIn England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
appliesTo civil timekeeping in the United Kingdom during summer
coexistsWith Central European Summer Time (as a neighboring DST system)
country United Kingdom
endLocalTimeEffect clocks move back from 02:00 to 01:00 local time
endRule ends at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in October
fullName British Summer Time
governingLaw Summer Time Act 1916
subsequent UK daylight saving legislation
hasOppositeTime Greenwich Mean Time
standard time in the United Kingdom
implementedAs clock set one hour ahead of GMT
clock set one hour ahead of UTC
introduced 1916
introducedBy United Kingdom government
isDaylightSavingTimeFor United Kingdom
legalStatus legally defined time in the United Kingdom during summer
observedIn Channel Islands
Isle of Man
partOfTimeZone Western European Time zone
purpose better use of evening daylight
energy saving
regionCode Europe/London
relatedConcept Coordinated Universal Time
Greenwich Mean Time
daylight saving time in Europe
season summer
startLocalTimeEffect clocks move forward from 01:00 to 02:00 local time
startRule begins at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in March
timeCategory summer time
timeNotation GMT+1
UTC+1
timeOffsetFromGMT +01:00
timeOffsetFromUTC +01:00
typicalObservationPeriod from late March to late October
usedBy UK broadcasters in summer scheduling
UK transport timetables in summer
usedFor civil, commercial, and legal time in the UK during summer
usedWithStandardTime GMT
Greenwich Mean Time


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