Daylight saving time in the United Kingdom

Daylight saving time in the United Kingdom

Daylight saving time in the United Kingdom is called British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) or British Double Summer Time (UTC+02:00). More general British Summer Time is also named Western European Summer Time, then including Ireland and those areas of Portugal that observe the same UTC offsets.

Legislation

  • Summer Time Act 1916
  • Summer Time Act 1922
  • Time (Ireland) Act, 1916 [1]
  • Summer Time Act, 1925 [2]
  • Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939 [3]
  • The Summer Time Order 1964 [4]
  • The Summer Time Order 1967 [5]
  • Summer Time Act 1972 [6]
  • The Summer Time Order 1997 [7]
  • The Summer Time Order 2002 [8]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/uk.html
  2. ^ http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/uk.html
  3. ^ http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/uk.html
  4. ^ http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/uk.html
  5. ^ http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/uk.html
  6. ^ http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/uk.html
  7. ^ http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/uk.html
  8. ^ http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/uk.html
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  • Kosovo
  • Nagorno-Karabakh
  • Northern Cyprus
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  • Gibraltar
  • Guernsey
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