British Summer Time

(For the science fiction novel of this title by Paul Cornell, see British Summertime (novel). For the music festival, see British Summer Time (concerts).) During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (in effect, changing the time zone from UTC+0 to UTC+1), so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. The following table lists recent past and near future starting and ending dates of British Summer Time:

British Summer Time

(For the science fiction novel of this title by Paul Cornell, see British Summertime (novel). For the music festival, see British Summer Time (concerts).) During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (in effect, changing the time zone from UTC+0 to UTC+1), so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. The following table lists recent past and near future starting and ending dates of British Summer Time: