UK Daylight Saving Time

Daylight saving time (DST; also summer time in British English; see Terminology) is the convention of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. Modern DST was first proposed in 1907 by William Willett. Many countries have used it since then; details vary by location and change occasionally.

The practice is controversial.Adding daylight to afternoons benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours,but causes problems for farming, entertainment and other occupations tied to the sun.Extra afternoon daylight reduces traffic fatalities; its effect on health and crime is less clear. Although an early goal of DST was to reduce evening usage of incandescent lighting, formerly a primary use of electricity,modern heating and cooling usage patterns can cause DST to increase electricity consumption.

DST's clock shifts can serve as fire safety reminders,[8] but they complicate timekeeping and can disrupt meetings, travel, billing, recordkeeping, medical devices, and heavy equipment.[9] Many computer-based systems can adjust their clocks automatically, but this can be limited and error-prone, particularly when DST rules change

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British Summer Time runs between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. In March the UK clocks move Forward by 1 hour and in October they move Backwards or Fall by 1 hour. The UK comprises of (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Since 1996 all member states of the European Union change their clocks on the same date at 1am GMT.

British Summer Time (BST) or UK Daylight Saving Time CURRENTLY APPLIES

2007 - Sunday March 25th 01:00 GMT until Sunday October 28th 01:00 GMT
2008 - Sunday March 30th 01:00 GMT until Sunday October 26th 01:00 GMT
2009 - Sunday March 29th 01:00 GMT until Sunday October 25th 01:00 GMT
2010 - Sunday March 28th 01:00 GMT until Sunday October 31th 01:00 GMT

Daylight Saving Time, or British Summer Time in the UK, occurs at 1am GMT. DST or BST first began in 1916 with a mandate from parliament.

Time in the UK
Sunday, March 2009 16:43:03 pm

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Sun, 29 March 2009 15:43:03 GMT

The displayed time is NTP synchronised and is accurate to within 1 second.
UK Standard Time = GMT
UK Summer Time = BST (British Summer Time) = GMT +1

As of today the time difference between UK and Malaysia is +7 hours.
eg: UK time: 1 am....in Malaysia would be 8 am

(Sumber: CP & diolah sedikit drpd Leeds-Danial FP)


Kalau lihat jam kat atas ni kul 4.50 pagi waktu UK (dah masuk subuh dah nih), bermakna waktu kat msia sekarang pukul 11.50 pagi...