The convention of advancing clocks is Daylight saving time (DST). Daylight saving time is known as summer time in UK. The afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less in UK- England, London. Near the start of spring, clocks are adjusted forward one hour to increase more daylight and in autumn, clocks are adjusted backward. During the evening hours, their is less need of artificial light due to daylight saving time saves energy means it works. Here is the information of daylight saving time UK and time zone for UK-England, London.

Retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours, adding daylight to afternoons is beneficial for them but for farming, evening entertainment and other occupations tied to the sun, causes problems. By extra afternoon daylight, traffic fatalities are reduced, crime is less clear and it effects on health. Evening usage of incandescent lighting is reducing by early goal of DST.

Time zone for UK:

In year 2009, British summer time starts from 29 March, Sunday and it ends on 25 October, Sunday.

British summer time rule:

British Summer Time or BST means the time when UK moves its clocks forward from Greenwich Mean Time by one hour (GMT+1), from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October. Great Britain and Northern Ireland are included in United Kingdom. England, Wales and Scotland consists in Great Britain. On same dates and at the same time, 1am GMT, since 1996 all clocks in the European Union, of which the UK is a member state, have changed.

Time: 1.00 am (01:00) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Starts: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October

In Winter: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) = Western European Standard Time
In Summer: British Summer Time (BST) = Western European Summer Time

You can check the current UK time here.

If you want to know about the time zone changes and daylight saving time start/end dates between year 2000 and 2009, VisitTimeanddate.com.

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