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BST – British Summer Time / British Daylight Time (Daylight Saving Time)

Time Zone names, codes and abbreviations for Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time (DST) around the world.

Also known as: BDT – British Daylight Time, BDST – British Daylight Saving Time

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Europe: BST is currently not observed because locations are on standard time and are observing GMT.

Time zone map of BST
No locations currently on BST.
Observes BST part of the year.
Areas with same time currently (UTC +1).
No locations are currently on BST – British Summer Time.
Observes BST – British Summer Time part of the year, but not currently.
Currently has same time zone offset as BST (UTC +1) but different time zone name.

British Summer Time (BST) is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a Daylight Saving Time time zone and is used in: Europe.

This time zone is often called British Summer Time.

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Winter Time & DST

This time zone is a daylight saving/summer time zone, in the winter some places will switch to the corresponding standard time zone: GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

Where and When is BST Observed?

Europe

European countries/territories using BST in the summer and GMT in the winter:

Other Time Zones in UTC +1

Some time zones exist that have the same offset as BST, but can be found under a different name: