Summer Time

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25 March 2023 (0 Comments)

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Although no longer in the EU, UK is still adopting the EU Directive for ’Summer Time’.

The EU 2002 Directive stated that Daylight Saving Time (DST) would be observed between 0100 UTC on the last Sundays in March and October. So, this year clocks in UK revert to British Summer Time (BST) on 26 March until 29 October.

In 2019, the European Parliament voted to remove Daylight Saving Time in the EU. The vote was passed and progressed to the European Council, but the Council has yet to start negotiations due to delays through Covid and the Ukraine war.

Meteorological Summer runs for 3 months from 1 June, with Astronomical Summer starting at the Summer Solstice, this year at 1557 BST on 21 June.

Image from the EU and further details from timeanddate.com