Monday 25 October 2010

Clocks back this weekend!

Time changes on the way!

UK Daylight Saving Time - British Summer Time (BST)

Greenwich Meantime (GMT) is the basis point for BST British Summer Time. GMT is often refered to as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). In the UK, DST (Daylight Saving Time) is known as BST. British Summer Time runs from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October every year. In the Republic of Ireland it is called Irish Summer Time (IST)

British Summer Time runs between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. In March the UK clocks move Forward by 1 hour and in October they move Backwards or Fall by 1 hour. The UK comprises of (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Since 1996 all member states of the European Union change their clocks on the same date at 1am GMT.

2009 - Sunday March 29th 01:00 GMT until Sunday October 25th 01:00 GMT
2010 - Sunday March 28th 01:00 GMT until Sunday October 31st 01:00 GMT
2011 - Sunday March 27th 01:00 GMT until Sunday October 30th 01:00 GMT

Daylight Saving Time, or British Summer Time in the UK, occurs at 1am GMT. DST or BST first began in 1916 with a mandate from parliament.

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