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
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| appliesIn |
England
→
Northern Ireland → Scotland → Wales → |
| appliesTo |
civil timekeeping in the United Kingdom during summer
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| coexistsWith |
Central European Summer Time (as a neighboring DST system)
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| country |
United Kingdom
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| endLocalTimeEffect |
clocks move back from 02:00 to 01:00 local time
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| endRule |
ends at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in October
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| fullName |
British Summer Time
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| 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
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| introducedBy |
United Kingdom government
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| isDaylightSavingTimeFor |
United Kingdom
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| legalStatus |
legally defined time in the United Kingdom during summer
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| observedIn |
Channel Islands
→
Isle of Man → |
| partOfTimeZone |
Western European Time zone
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| purpose |
better use of evening daylight
→
energy saving → |
| regionCode |
Europe/London
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| relatedConcept |
Coordinated Universal Time
→
Greenwich Mean Time → daylight saving time in Europe → |
| season |
summer
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|
| startLocalTimeEffect |
clocks move forward from 01:00 to 02:00 local time
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| startRule |
begins at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in March
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| timeCategory |
summer time
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| timeNotation |
GMT+1
→
UTC+1 → |
| timeOffsetFromGMT |
+01:00
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| timeOffsetFromUTC |
+01:00
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| typicalObservationPeriod |
from late March to late October
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| usedBy |
UK broadcasters in summer scheduling
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UK transport timetables in summer → |
| usedFor |
civil, commercial, and legal time in the UK during summer
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|
| usedWithStandardTime |
GMT
→
Greenwich Mean Time → |
Referenced by (14)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Epsom
→
London Borough of Harrow → Maidstone → Nottingham → Ventnor → |
timeZoneDST |
|
Cotswolds
→
Lockerbie → Sandown → Stirling Lines → |
locatedInTimeZone |
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Chadlington
→
|
observesDaylightSavingTime |
|
British Summer Time
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|
shortName |
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Buckhaven
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timeZone |
|
British Summer Time
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|
timeZoneAbbreviation |
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Egham
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|
timezoneDST |