BST (was RE: Dan on BBC1 last night)

[Annemehr]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "(Mrs.) Lee Storm (God is the 
Healing Force)" <n2fgc at ...> wrote:
>
> | Geoff
> | Preparing to lose an hour's sleep as we go from GMT to 
> | BST tonight....
> 
> [Lee]:
> What does BST mean?
> 
> Here in NJ and on the east coast, we have EST and EDT as Eastern 
Standard
> Time and Eastern Daylight Time.  I understand the GMT, but never 
heard BST.
> 
> Curious American Wants To Know. :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Lee :-)
> 

BST is British Summer Time.  GMT does *not* change for summer time; 
it is always the same, so when Britain goes on Summer Time, it is an 
hour ahead of GMT.

GMT never changes for summer, because it is *the* time standard for 
the world.

Annemehr
not a Brit, but there you go