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summer time

noun

  1. Chiefly British.,  daylight-saving time.



summer time

noun

  1. any daylight-saving time, esp British Summer Time

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The clocks will go forward again at 01:00 GMT on 29 March 2026, when we return to British Summer Time.

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Many other countries followed suit just a few weeks later, including the UK where it was named British Summer Time.

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The time shift has mostly continued ever since, although during a short period in World War Two there was British Double Summer Time, where the clocks went forward by two hours.

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Promoters say sponsors like American Express are important in making events such as Formula One and British Summer Time Hyde Park possible.

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The only thing that smacked of a holiday here was the glorious south-coast weather as British Summer Time arrived - and City had to survive a storm of their own making before securing the win.

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