British Summer Time
noun
British
: a period of the year between spring and fall when clocks in the United Kingdom are set one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
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The clocks have gone back once again, ending Daylight Saving Time (DST), or British Summer Time, for 2024 – an annual practice long criticised by politicians, doctors and commuters.
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Abby Wilson, theweek, 1 Nov. 2024
By Chuck Culpepper Listen 7 min Share Comment Save
LONDON — At 6:30 British Summer Time on a budding Sunday night outside the famed O2 arena, the droves on the concourse partook in an eccentric 21st-century ritual.
—Chuck Culpepper, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
In June 2022, Gimenez and Lucas supported the rocker at his British Summer Time Hyde Park festival performance in London.
—Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
This past weekend, two Yanks – Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel − struck back with salvos of chart-topping hits that rocked 70,000 fans to their core during his British Summer Time Hyde Park shows.
—USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
Earlier this week, someone tossed a bag of their mother’s ashes on stage during Pink’s British Summer Time Festival performance.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
Ahead of her show tonight at Warwick Castle in the UK and her weekend shows with P!nk at British Summer Time Festival in London’s Hyde Park, Stefani shared her first new song of 2023.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 23 June 2023
All times in local time (British Summer Time) and eastern daylight time.
—Town & Country, 6 May 2023
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Abby Wilson, theweek, 1 Nov. 2024
By Chuck Culpepper Listen 7 min Share Comment Save
LONDON — At 6:30 British Summer Time on a budding Sunday night outside the famed O2 arena, the droves on the concourse partook in an eccentric 21st-century ritual.
—Chuck Culpepper, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
In June 2022, Gimenez and Lucas supported the rocker at his British Summer Time Hyde Park festival performance in London.
—Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
This past weekend, two Yanks – Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel − struck back with salvos of chart-topping hits that rocked 70,000 fans to their core during his British Summer Time Hyde Park shows.
—USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
Earlier this week, someone tossed a bag of their mother’s ashes on stage during Pink’s British Summer Time Festival performance.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
Ahead of her show tonight at Warwick Castle in the UK and her weekend shows with P!nk at British Summer Time Festival in London’s Hyde Park, Stefani shared her first new song of 2023.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 23 June 2023
All times in local time (British Summer Time) and eastern daylight time.
—Town & Country, 6 May 2023
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“British Summer Time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/British%20Summer%20Time. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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